Girl was raped on Panchayat's order, Multan CPO tells SC
The report claims that all 29 suspects including the prime culprit have been arrested.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Multan City Police Officer (CPO) has on Tuesday submitted the report of gruesome incident involving ‘revenge rape’ in the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan, which confirms that the 17-year-old girl was raped on Panchayat’s orders.
It has also been claimed in the report that all 29 suspects including the prime culprit have been arrested. The report states that the mother of victim girl submitted an application on July 20, and the case was lodged on the same day.
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The apex court has further been told that three cases have been filed regarding the incident, and challan (charge sheet) will be entered within seven days. Police have said that further investigation is being held.
It is worth mentioning here that on July 16, a 12-year-old was allegedly raped by Umer Wada. A Panchayat headed by Ameen and Saeed Patwari was held to declare the verdict in the incident.
The Panchayat members directed the victim’s brother Ishfaque to avenge the incident while raping Wada’s 17-year-old sister. On July 18, Ishfaque raped her while complying with the council’s orders.
The victim’s family had registered a case against Wada in Women Police Centre. However; when the second victim’s parents came to know of the incident they also filed a case against Ishfaque.
Muzaffarbad police came into action after receiving information of Panchayt’s decision and arrested the council head Ameen and several others.
The incident was also reported by international media, and the Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Shehbaz Sharif sprang into action, announcing the formation of an inquiry committee. He later visited Multan to meet the victims and their families.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar had taken suo moto notice of the case and had summoned an instant report in this regard from Punjab IG.
The suspects include the alleged rapist Ishfaque and the Panchayat leader who gave the order - Haq Nawaz, along with the girl’s brothers Umer Wada and Saeed Numberdar.
The girl was reportedly raped in front of the family to serve as a form of punishment.
