Woman sexually assaulted at Karachi govt hospital; suspect arrested

A woman was sexually assaulted inside a government hospital in Karachi’s Orangi Town on September 22.

However, the suspect was arrested by the police on Thursday (September 26).

Dawn reports that the victim stated in the First Information Report (FIR) that she got her daughter admitted to the children’s ward in Qatar Hospital, Karachi. Her infant was suffering from a high fever. Upon the doctor’s advice, she went outside the ward late at night to bring medicines for her child. At around 2:30 am, a young man grabbed her hand and took her to a room where two other men were already present.

She told the police that the suspects tried to assault her sexually, but a watchman and other hospital staff came to her rescue. The suspect arrested by the police was nominated in the FIR along with two unknown suspects.

The police registered the case under Section 354/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code, which pertains to assault or criminally forcing a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty.