TOBA TEK SINGH: Five men allegedly gang-raped a 20-year-old woman in Chak 339-GB.

In the first information report (FIR) registered under sections 376 and 496-A of PPC on Monday by Rajana police, the complainant informed police that his wife returned from Rajana by rickshaw and got off at the bus stop of the village from where five men forcibly took her to a nearby field and took turns to rape her. They later fled from the spot.

She complained to her husband and when the news was aired on electronic media, District Police Officer Waqar Qureshi took notice and directed Rajana police to immediately arrest the culprits.

When a Rajana police team, led by Station House Officer Muhammad Shabbir, raided the village to make the arrests, 14 relatives of the suspects allegedly attacked them, tore their uniforms and injured the policemen.

Constable Muhammad Asif was critically wounded when he was hit on his head with a stick and admitted to the DHQ hospital, while the others were administered first aid at the hospital.

Police registered another FIR against the 14 attackers under sections 353, 225 and 186 of PPC and were conducting raids to arrest the culprits in both cases.

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2019