GUJRAT: A married woman was allegedly gang-raped by four men after kidnap at Pindi Kalu village in Phalia police precincts of Mandi Bahau­d­din district on Sunday.

Complainant ‘J’ of Sohawa Bulani village said his wife ‘R’ along with his sister had gone to distribute the sacrificial meat in the village and both were present at a stop near Mano Chak canal when suspects ‘A’ , ‘D’ , ‘S’ and ‘F’ , residents of Pindi Kalu, arrived there and kidnapped her at gunpoint.

The suspects, he said, had taken the women to an under-construction house where they subjected his wife to gang rape and later dropped her at a deserted place.

Police have registered a case against the nominated suspects under sections 367 and 375A of Pakistan Penal Code on the report of the complainant and started investigation.

RAPE SUSPECT KILLED: Another suspect allegedly involved in the Hafizabad gang-rape case was killed ‘in firing by his own accomplices’ during an encounter on Sunday.

The deceased suspect was Khawar Mansab alias Chaand of Mangat Ucha, the third suspect in the case, who too was killed in a police encounter as earlier on Laiq and Khawar were killed.

Police claimed that a patrol team spotted three armed men along the canal bank road near Panj Palla village in Kaleki Mandi area. During a chase, the suspects opened firing on the police party which was retaliated. After the firing, police found a body lying in an open area and the deceased was identified as Khawar Mansab alias Chaand who was wanted in the gang rape case of Kassoki police precincts.

Police shifted the body to the Hafizabad district headquarter hospital where doctors conducted autopsy and later handed over the body to the heirs.

Kaleki Mandi police have registered a case of police encounter against the deceased suspect and his three unidentified accomplices under sections 302, 324, 353, 186 and 34 of PPC on the report of SI Muhammad Azam and started investigation.

Published in Dawn, June 10th, 2025