KARACHI: Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M. Shaikh directed on Monday the provincial inspector general of police and sessions judge concerned to file reports on a reported assault on a 13-year-old girl near Tando Mohammad Khan.

Taking notice of the incident reported in a section of Sindhi press, the chief justice asked the IGP and the judge to submit the reports by April 11.

According to reports, the teenage girl was raped near Tando Mohammad Khan by a group of influential persons who had also filmed the offence. The suspects had been reportedly threatening the victim and her family of dire consequences since then.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2018

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