TAXILA: A seven-year-old boy was sexually assaulted in the limits of Hassanabdal police on Sunday.

The boy’s father reported to the police that a man took his son to a deserted place and assaulted him.

Police investigation officer Azmat Khan told newsmen that preliminary medical examination conducted at the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital confirmed that the boy had been assaulted.

He said a case had been registered against the suspect and a hunt launched to arrest him. The incident occurred in Kohlia village, he added.

Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2018