GUJRAT: Hafizabad police claimed to have arrested two suspects involved in the alleged gang-rape of 14-year-old mentally challenged girl at village Kot Khushaal of Kusaisa police precincts.

About four days back, when the girl was alone at home the suspects, who were her neighbours, lured her to a deserted place where they allegedly gang-raped her.

When her parents returned home, they suspected something unusual about the condition of the girl and asked her about it. The family came to know about the incident and later reported it to the police.

Hafizabad District Police Officer Dr Fahad Ahmed told Dawn by telephone that police arrested both the suspects after registration of a case against them while the medical examination of the victim and the DNA tests of both the suspects had been conducted by the Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA).

In yet another incident, a girl student of college was allegedly gang-raped after being kidnapped at Soiyanwala village of Vanike Tarrar police precincts of Hafizabad.

Police arrested three out of five nominated suspects, including two women.

Reports said the first year college student had lodged a complaint with the police that she was on the way back to her home from tuition centre when the suspects kidnapped her and three men gang-raped her in connivance of two women.

The DPO said police registered a case against five suspects and arrested the main suspect and two women. He said the medical examination of the victim had already been done whereas the DNA test of the main suspect would be conducted by the PFSA on Monday.

He said the case was being investigated from different angles as the victim girl had first gone to the women protection centre and then reported the matter to the police; however, the forensic evidence might help the police in reaching any conclusion.

Published in Dawn, June 12th, 2023