DADU: A man subjected a teenage girl to sexual assault when she went to his house to purchase milk in Shahbaz Colony here on Thursday.

Dadu SSP Aijaz Ahmed Shaikh said that police acted swiftly and arrested the rape suspect after the victim’s brother lodged an FIR at Dadu town police station under Section 376.

He said the 30-year-old suspect was married and he raped the teenage girl, his neighbour, when she came to his house to purchase milk.

The victim was admitted to Dadu Civil Hospital for medical examination, he said.

Published in Dawn, March 5th, 2021

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