SARGODHA: Three minor boys were raped in the Sargodha district during the last two days.
A 14-year-old boy who was subjected to rape and the suspect tried to bury him alive in a pit in connivance with his two brothers at village Marri. However, the farm workers nearby pulled out the boy on hearing his cries.
According to an FIR registered with Jhal Chakian Police, the mother of the boy said her son had gone to attend a gathering on 9th of Muharram at 4:30 pm but did not return home. She called 15.
On 10th Muharram, she along with her husband and another man went out to search for her missing son and she heard cries of her son. When they reached a pit, they saw the feet of their son while his body was completely buried under dust. The boy was safely evacuated and his condition was out of danger
Police arrested all three suspects.
It is pertinent to mention here that the father of the suspects is in jail in a murder case and the villagers were hesitant to lodge any complaint against them.
In another case, a 10-year-old boy was raped in Jhawarian police area and police registered a case on the complaint of his father. The complainant said that his child was coming back home when three youngsters took him to an orchard on some pretext and gang-raped him. The suspects escaped when people came to rescue the crying boy
In the third incident, a qari was raped an eight-year-old girl at village Chah Muhammadwala (Hindwan) in the Sahiwal police area.
The same qari had made a demand on social media that the rapist and killer of an eight-year-old girl should have been burnt alive in view of his brutality. However, he himself was caught red-handed while raping the boy who was learning Quran from him.
Published in Dawn, June 28th, 2026.
