Ghotki Police Register Gang Rape FIR

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SUKKUR: The Ghotki police have registered a gang rape case against some influential figures of Adilpur and their several associates on May 19 after much uproar on social media over the “horrific and inhuman treatment” allegedly meted out to the victim.

The 15-year-old seemingly devastated girl had narrated her ordeal in a press conference, along with her parents a day earlier but the police described her claim as mere drama with ulterior motives. They refused to lay hands on anyone she accused of her tormentors.

However, they on Tuesday booked the nominated suspects vide FIR No. 43/2026 under the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) section addressing aggravated forms of rape, such as gang rape, custodial rape, or rape by a person in a position of authority.

The police have also issued a letter to the victim for her medical examination at the Ghotki Taluka Hospital.

While speaking at the press conference on Monday, she had claimed that she was busy working in filed in Wazir Chachar village, within the limits of the Adilpur police station when three feudal lords and several of their associates grabbed and dragged her to an autaq (drawing room) and gang raped her. She alleged that they were drunk, adding that they called out her parents to show them how they were beating, raping her and filming the horrific treatment.

Published in Dawn, May 20th, 2026.

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