Minor boys ‘sexually assault’ four-year-old in Lodhran

MULTAN: Lodhran police have arrested two boys aged 12 and 13 years for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl and lodged a case against them.

According to police, a four-year-old daughter of labourer Muhammad Yaseen went with her grandmother and mother on the Muharram 10 to a cemetery to offer fateha at her grandfather’s grave.

Suspect Tariq, 12 and Kamran, 13 abducted the girl and took her to a nearby cotton field. After the incident, when the people who came to the graveyard went to fetch water from the well, the girl was found lying unconscious in the field.

Upon information, the girl’s mother and grandmother picked her up and brought her home. Later, the incident was reported to the local police station. Uncle of the victim took her to the district hospital.

The girl was shifted to hospital for her medical examination that later confirmed she was raped. Police have arrested both the suspects and registered cases against them in Saddar Lodhran police station under sections 376 and 377 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

Talking on his return, the girl’s father Muhammad Yaseen said the Punjab chief minister and the IGP must punish the suspects and interrogation should be done on merit so that they are not released as usual.