Daughter of fruit seller raped at gunpoint

GUJRAT: An 18-year-old girl was repeatedly raped and impregnated by local influentials at gunpoint in Khawajgan neighborhood of Gujrat.

In a video statement, Mehak Afzal – daughter of a fruit seller – claimed that the suspects broke into her house, drugged her, as well as her father, and raped her at gunpoint. A medical report of the victim showed the rape left her pregnant.

The victim claimed that one day when her father went to work, Arsalan Shah – one of the suspects – broke into the house and raped her at the gunpoint. “The suspect threatened to kill me and asked not to say anything to police,” she added.

“Another day, the second suspect – Rehman – broke into the house with the intention of raping me. However, the neighbours caught the suspect and handed over to police,” she added. However, Mehak added that the police released the suspect later.

“The accused forced us to take narcotics, they sexually abused me several times, I have been medically examined and pregnancy has been proved but the police are still reluctant to take any action,” the victim said in the statement.