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RAHIM YAR KHAN: A 14-year-old boy, an alleged gang-rape victim, reportedly committed suicide on Friday in Jetha Bhutta, Khanpur tehsil, 60 kilometers from Rahim Yar Khan.
The family says the suspects took away the boy on Monday from the village and gang-raped him for two days after giving him liquids spiked with intoxicants. Later, they threw him near his home on Wednesday. When the family found him, the boy was a dead faint.
Victim’s father Malik Iqbal reported the matter to Head Tallaywala check post and sought a case against the suspects. He said police picked just one suspect and despite keeping him in custody for two days, did not register a case.
He said his son, who was already in trauma, could not bear the stress and humiliation from police behaviour and jumped before a goods train at the nearby track and died at the scene on Friday.
Heirs with other residents of the area placed the body on Rahim Yar Khan-Bahawalpur Road and blocked it for two hours. They alleged that police had demanded Rs50,000 to register a case.
A police officer said they had suspended Sub-Inspector Imtiaz Ali from service and arrested him under section 155-C of the Police Order of 2002. He said another case had also been registered by the heirs against the suspects under sections 266, 377 and 322 of the PPC in Saddar police station.
Published in Dawn, August 15th, 2015
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Aug 15, 2015 08:26am
This will be the ultimate out come when people try to dump such issues under the carpet.
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Aug 15, 2015 08:28am
Shameful. Height of bigotry.
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Aug 15, 2015 08:31am
When will this madness end. Govt is not going to do anything. Rangers please help.
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Aug 15, 2015 08:46am
System with such injustice can sustain? No one cares. The peoples in power donot care.
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Aug 15, 2015 08:51am
It's so hurtful. Bribery is imprinted in the very roots of government run institutions. Government should raise the punishment on taking bribes and launch an operation to curb this menace starting from police department. Moreover the police officer in this case should be indicted in murder case.
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Aug 15, 2015 08:52am
@AKB
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Aug 15, 2015 08:54am
Everything is good attitude of the government is divesting for the society. An urgent reform is required in police system.
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Aug 15, 2015 08:56am
The civil society needs to stand up against these types of atrocities. I find it sad and pathetic that those who are in the position of authority take these types of incidents just as "any" other news and do nothing.
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Aug 15, 2015 09:27am
no doubt our police is worse than criminals
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Aug 15, 2015 09:38am
this case shown that the punjab police is not able to arrest suspect but victim further the govt of punjab should resigned from government, Mr. Shahbaz is failed to protect public from police as well miscreat.
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Aug 15, 2015 09:54am
Good Governance in Punjab??????
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Aug 15, 2015 10:05am
What is happening in Punjab?
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Aug 15, 2015 10:21am
Even in this age human are still worst than animals ....
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Aug 15, 2015 10:24am
@Iqbal khan ........too much of vulgarity from media is changing man into beast.
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Aug 15, 2015 10:33am
Astaghfirullah heart-wrenching
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Aug 15, 2015 10:39am
The police never fail to "not act" until their own job is at stake. The rich and powerful who prey on the poor need not worry.
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Aug 15, 2015 11:15am
Unemployment is the biggest reason...
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Aug 15, 2015 11:21am
Boy raped !
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Aug 15, 2015 11:33am
Pathetic and callous by all means.
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Aug 15, 2015 11:41am
Indeedvsad andcrespect shameful events. These psychos roaming freely is a danger to society because of lack of punishment Laser incident was an example of such mentally unstable people in our society. These criminals deserves no mercy.
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Aug 15, 2015 11:44am
@Muhammad rangers are not going to help in every department we need to start giving punishments that the new only way to minimize such heneious acts.It is such a shameful thing that after 2 day there won't be any news about this incident and majority of us will forget it without putting the criminals behind the bars after due law process
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Aug 15, 2015 11:46am
@Pune-India how come, there are thousands placed whete ppl are unemployed does not mean they commit such specific heneious act.
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Aug 15, 2015 11:48am
NS and Co, build more motorways and underpasses but pay no heed to any system reforms and societal improvements. You will never do that as you will be dumped by the masses once they find your mental caliber and true worth.
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Aug 15, 2015 11:56am
Why is it always that someone has to commit suicide before the action is taken by the Police?
Is this the promised 'good governance ' in Punjab?
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Aug 15, 2015 12:11pm
A long way to go to get our basic rights and protection..how long no one knows and how many more will be victimized like this??..it could be you me or our kids..it's a wake up call......
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Aug 15, 2015 12:16pm
An Open Shame. CM you cannot reach every incident and cannot make notices and judicial commissions every time. The best way is to make institutions stronger, if you want, where there would be a rule of law without discrimination.
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Aug 15, 2015 12:17pm
Sickening!
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Aug 15, 2015 12:34pm
Police officer says the sub Inspector suspended and arrested too? Vow, never heard of such quick action. But what next ?
Our past history suggests that there will be NO further news about the fate of the SI. If he is not punished according to laws it is highly likely that the said SI will join the police force in some other district. A question : How can a SI do any thing without the orders or connivance from high officials ? As such the concerned high official also needs to be arrested and punished too.....more severely than the SI.
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Aug 15, 2015 12:41pm
@Iqbal Khan It makes no difference even in cases where CM visited the victims and promised justice.....which is widely believed to be only for public consumption. The issue is conveniently forgotten and buried under the carpet after some time when the media hype comes to an end. Masses are witness to many such visits of CM saheb which bear no ultimate positive result. And how can there be any good hope when the police force is fully politicized who almost always prefers to side with influential culprits rather than victims?
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Aug 15, 2015 12:47pm
Only suspension of the Police officer? This is is not enough ;CM must take notice of this case.
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Aug 15, 2015 12:57pm
why does it take a suicide to open the eyes of authorities to such issues? a suicide! always a suicide !
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Aug 15, 2015 01:18pm
Our CM and PM wil only act if its in their favor or good for the business. Were is the so called good governance in punjab..
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Aug 15, 2015 02:20pm
When will Pakistan be able to get rid of such shame.
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Aug 15, 2015 02:23pm
this is just another case of the poor not getting justice and being persecuted for seeking justice. The police are meant to be public servants but as is always the case keep the poor down trodden... why is it always the poor that suffer at the hands of people who are meant to be protecting them. and the people who have perpetrated this heinous crime need to be dealt with in the harshest possible way so it can serve as a deterrent to others. The police need to be more transparent in their investigations so no one can cast aspersions on the police.....
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Aug 15, 2015 03:08pm
Wake up pakistan! These issues will not solve by themselves ..... they can only be solved if justice is served!
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Aug 15, 2015 03:57pm
Most heartless act of police. This policemen should receive examplary punishment. My heart bleeds for the victim. Is this Pakistan we have been building since 1947??
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Aug 15, 2015 11:16pm
Police should be disbanded , and volunteer force should be created . These old vultures have lived on the spoils of the common man for too long. They will never change .
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Aug 16, 2015 01:40am
Stone Age. Shameless. Sad
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Aug 17, 2015 05:32am
I think Pakistanis , after reading these news about Child abuse, would think 10 times before calling names for other countries.
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