QUETTA: Two men have been arrested for raping two sisters, filming their videos, posting it on internet and blackmailing them.

Deputy Inspector General of Quetta police Fida Hussain Shah said that after receiving a complaint, police had arrested the prime accused Hidayatullah Khilji and his brother Khalil Khilji while raids were being conducted for the arrest of third accused Shani.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, the DIG said that on Dec 2 a woman lodged a complaint at Quaidabad police station alleging that Hidayatullah and his brother had kidnapped her two daughters two years ago, filmed their objectionable videos and were blackmailing them after posting the videos on internet.

“Police arrested both accused and later recovered mobile phones, a laptop, a tablet and other electronic devices used for making videos,” the DIG said.

He said that another woman had also lodged a similar complaint against the accused and a special team headed by a senior police officer had been constituted to conduct the investigation.

Govt to ensure culprits are awarded exemplary punishment, says chief minister

He said that police had involved the Federal Investi­gation Agency in the investigation and sent the electronic devices, lap-top and mobile phones to a forensic laboratory in Punjab for their forensic test.

“The victim girls have gone to Afghanistan and we are contacting Afghan auth­o­rities through Foreign Off­ice for their return,” he said.

The DIG denied any political pressure on police, saying: “We are not facing any pressure regarding the investigation.”

Meanwhile, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has said that the government will fulfill its responsibility to ensure that the accused and their associates are awarded exemplary punishment as it is a deplorable and shameful act which the government will not tolerate.

He was talking to a delegation of the National Reform Committee of the civil society, led by Allama Ali Hussnain and Hazara Democratic Party secretary general Ahmed Kohzad, which called on him.

The delegation informed the chief minister about the concern of the members of civil society and other people and said that the kidnapping of the girls and posting their objectionable videos on internet had shaken the society.

CM Bizenjo said that the government had taken notice of the shameful crime.

“Balochistan has its own traditions and values which give respect to our mothers and sisters and our society does not tolerate such shameful acts.”

He said that the government would play its due role in reforming the society along with the civil society.

He received information about the progress in the investigation through a telephone call to the DIG and told him that the prosecution should make a strong case against the accused so that they were awarded maximum punishment by the court of law and in future no one could think of playing with the honor of girls.

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2021