SHEIKHUPURA: An 8th grader was allegedly subjected to sexual assault by two men in Sheikhupura, Punjab, with police claiming the arrest of all three people involved in the heinous crime, on Sunday.
Two of the suspects, after committing the heinous act, had fled Ghareebabad, the area where the crime was committed. District Police Officer (DPO) Sheikh Faisal Mukhtar said the suspects, identified as Shoaib, Akbar and Mohsin were arrested after the registration of a case against them on the complaint of the victim’s father, Mujahid Ali.
He further said that according to the compliant, the girl is a resident of Kot Ranjeet, Gujranwala road. On the day of the incident, one of the suspects came to her house and lured her out of her house on the pretext of a meeting with a friend.
The suspect then took her to Ghareebabad, where she was allegedly sexually assaulted by two other suspects, as the former stood guard. The DPO claimed that police had arrested all three suspects within a time-span of 24 hour, adding that the mobile phone used to communicate with the victim had also been recovered.
He further stated that the girl was shifted to a hospital for a medical examination and that formal action would be initiated against the accused and they will be accorded exemplary punishment. On Friday, two men allegedly attempted to gang-rape a girl in Lahore’s Nishtar Park Sports Complex. According to the first information report (FIR) registered at the Gulberg Police Station, the girl had forgotten her way back home.
As she entered a deserted and dark street, she saw two men.
As per the complaint, she had asked the two persons for help reaching Ferozpur Road. However, the suspects misguided her and allegedly sexually assaulted her as she reached a deserted place. –Agencies
