LAHORE: Shahdara police lodged a rape case against a young man for sexually assaulting a girl here on Friday.

The FIR was registered on the complaint of the victim girl’s mother who told the police that her daughter worked at a private clinic. She said a young man who was also an employee at the clinic raped her daughter.

She requested the police to arrest and seize the mobile phone of the alleged rapist as he had made a video clip of the incident.

The police said raids were being conducted for the arrest of the alleged rapist.

Published in Dawn, July 27th, 2024

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