OKARA: A girl and a minor boy were raped in separate incidents in the district on Sunday.

In the first incident, as per the first information report (FIR), in Dipalpur locality of Khalil Abad Colony three suspects, allegedly posing as policemen, entered the house of the complainant woman ‘R’.

She said as one of the suspects raped her daughter, the other two stood guards.

Dipalpur City police have registered a case under section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against the three nominated suspects.

In the other incident, as per the FIR, the suspect ‘A’, a resident of Khizar Town, took an eight-year-old boy to the building of a closed school where he raped the minor and escaped.

Renal Khurd city police registered a case under section 376 and 511 of the PPC against the suspect.

Published in Dawn, September 27th, 2021

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