BAHAWALPUR: Three minor boys, one of them mentally-challenged, were allegedly raped by as many suspects, including a prayer leader and an 11-year-old boy, in separate incidents in the limits of different police stations in Lodhran district during the past 24 hours.
According to police, in the first incident, a prayer leader allegedly raped a seven-year-old boy in a room adjacent to a mosque at Basti Khanda of mauza Kote Lal Shah in the limits of Lodhran police station.
According to the FIR (No 71/25), registered under sections 376 (111) 377-B on the complaint of the victim’s father Faiz Khan, his minor son told him that he was raped two days ago by the prayer leader, who also threatened the child with dire consequences if he disclosed the matter.
Police claimed to have arrested the prayer leader.
Prayer leader, 11-year-old boy among suspects
In the second incident occurring in the limits of Kahrorepucca city police station, an eleven-year-old suspect allegedly raped a three-year-old child in his house in Mohallah Patwarian in the absence of the victim’s parents. The suspect managed to flee when the victim’s parents arrived there.
The police, on the complaint of the victim’s father, Fayyaz Hussain, registered an FIR (No 35/25) under section 376 (111) against the suspect, who, the police claim, has been arrested.
In the third case, a mentally-challenged boy was subjected to sexual assault by a suspect at a flour-grinding mill at Chak No 344/WB in the limits of Dunyapur city police station.
The police claimed to have arrested the suspect.
ARRESTED: Dunyapur police claimed to have arrested a suspect for allegedly raping and blackmailing a woman and forcing her husband to divorce her.
According to the FIR (No 32/25) registered under sections 376 (1) and 292 of the PPC on the complaint of the victim’s father, Abdul Rehman, a resident of Chak No 339/WB, the suspect had raped his daughter before her marriage and recorded a video of the heinous crime.
The complainant said that after his daughter got married, the suspect started blackmailing her and forcing her husband to divorce her. The police arrested the suspect from Ahmedpur East.
Published in Dawn, January 15th, 2025
