Police in Lahore’s Shad Bagh have arrested a woman’s close relative over an alleged sexual assault at her home while she was alone.
According to police, the suspect, identified as Ashfaq, allegedly sent the woman’s children outside on an excuse while her husband was away before assaulting her.
Shad Bagh police arrested the suspect after receiving information about the incident and registered a case against him. Police have started an investigation into the matter.
Superintendent of Police (SP) City Arshad Hayat Kanju praised Station House Officer (SHO) Shad Bagh Muhammad Zaka and the police team for the suspect’s arrest.
Kanju said that police were following a zero-tolerance policy against people involved in violence or sexual abuse of women and children.
In another incident, a 16-year-old TikToker was allegedly gang-raped by four men after they forced him to consume intoxicants in Sahiwal, police said.
According to police, one of the suspects contacted the boy about a month ago and promised to help promote his TikTok account. The two later met at Old Sabzi Mandi, where the suspect took him to a house in Chak 90/9-L.
Police said that the suspect and an accomplice allegedly held the boy at gunpoint and forced him to consume drugs. Two more suspects later joined them and allegedly gave him an intoxicant mixed in a soft drink.
The boy told police that after he became intoxicated, all four suspects allegedly assaulted him and left him
unconscious. After regaining consciousness, he told his mother, who approached Ghala Mandi Police.
Police registered a case against all four suspects under Sections 376(iii) and 176A of the Pakistan Penal Code.
