KARACHI: A man was caught red-handed while trying to molest a minor girl in a park in Karachi’s Korangi area on Sunday.
According to sources, a man tried to sexually abuse a minor girl in a park in the Korangi neighborhood of the metropolis and was caught red-handed by local people present in the park.
The people approached the police emergency number-15- to report the incident, besides also catching the suspect from the spot.
Soon after receiving information about the incident, the police reached the place and apprehended the suspect and shifted him to a police station for further interrogation. Police said the girl was sent to Jinnah Postgraduate Center for medico-legal formalities.
It is worth mentioning here that incidents of sexual abuse have been reported from the city and in a recent incident, a young girl was allegedly gang-raped by more than four people in Karachi’s Manghopir.
According to police sources, a passerby informed police that a 22-year-old girl found lying on a Manghopir road on Saturday.
Manghopir police immediately shifted the girl to a hospital for medical treatment, SSP West Suhai Aziz said adding that the girl after gaining consciousness blamed that she was gang-raped by four to five people.
The police on the indication of the victim raided a warehouse in Nooruddin Goth and apprehended two suspects for their alleged role in the entire episode.
The arrested suspects have admitted to their role in the entire episode, the SSP West said adding that the DNA samples of the suspects have been sent to the laboratory for confirmation.
The police have started a search for the other suspects as SSP Suhai Aziz said that further action would be taken against the culprits after receiving the DNA report.
