Minor boy sexually assaulted in Swabi village

Published October 27, 2020
A man sexually assaulted a seven-year-old boy in Parmuli village of Razaar tehsil. — Reuters/File
A man sexually assaulted a seven-year-old boy in Parmuli village of Razaar tehsil. — Reuters/File

SWABI: A man sexually assaulted a seven-year-old boy in Parmuli village of Razaar tehsil here on Monday.

Parmuli police station officials said the accused took the boy to an abandoned plot when he was returning from school and assaulted him.

The boy’s father got an FIR registered, stating that they belonged to Gujjar families living in Mardan, but were presently residing in Parmuli area of Swabi.

The child told the police that Ikram Khan forcibly took him to nearby thick bushes where he sexually assaulted him.

The accused, also belongs to Mardan, but is presently living in Parmuli village.

The child’s father said when he came back home his condition was unstable. On inquiry, he narrated the entire story to them. When contacted, Parmuli SHO Fawad Khan said soon after registration of the case they raided the house of the accused and arrested him.

In the initial investigation, he said the accused confessed to the crime. He said medical report of the boy was still awaited.

Meanwhile, the police tracked down a gang of motorcycle thieves and arrested three Afghan refugees, and recovered three stolen motorcycles from them.

Also, four people were injured when a rickshaw crashed against a roadside tree on Monday.

Published in Dawn, October 27th, 2020

Must Read

Ukraine, Nato and the future of Europe

Ukraine, Nato and the future of Europe

The spectacle of the verbal spat between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky in the Oval Office was stark evidence of a tectonic shift in longstanding US foreign policy on Ukraine, Russia, Europe and Nato.

Opinion

Editorial

After the review
Updated 16 Mar, 2025

After the review

Should prepare economy for durable growth by attracting foreign private investments to boost productivity and exports.
Embracing crypto
16 Mar, 2025

Embracing crypto

IT seems a little prod was all it took for Pakistan to finally ‘embrace the future’. The Pakistan Crypto Council...
Fault lines
16 Mar, 2025

Fault lines

IT was a distressing spectacle, though a sadly predictable one. As the National Assembly took up for discussion the...
Revised solar policy
Updated 15 Mar, 2025

Revised solar policy

Criticism policy revisions misplaced as these will increase payback periods for consumers with oversized solar systems.
Toxic prejudice
15 Mar, 2025

Toxic prejudice

WITH far-right movements on the march across the world, it is no surprise that anti-Muslim bias is witnessing high...
Children in jails
15 Mar, 2025

Children in jails

PAKISTAN’S children in prison have often been treated like adult criminals. The Sindh government’s programme to...