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RAWALPINDI: Police have arrested a man after he allegedly tried to rape an 11-year-old boy in Rawalpindi.
According to sources, Westridge police registered a case against the accused for attempting to rape an 11-year-old child. The case was registered on the complaint of the child’s father.
The child’s father said that his son went to the roof of a neighbor named Harris Butt to play with his nephew but the accused himself came to the roof and tried to rape.
In this regard, sp Westridge Police Station took notice of the incident and directed the SHO to reach the spot to collect advances in this regard.
SP Rawal Rai Mazhar Iqbal said, “We will not tolerate any violence against children.” A case has been registered against the accused, he added.
According to a report issued by the Punjab Police, the crime rate in Punjab increased by 14 percent in the province during the ongoing year as compared to the previous year.
More than 328, 00 rape cases were reported in different areas of the province during the last eight months, according to data compiled by the police department.
The report said more than 160 murder cases were reported from January 01 till August 10, while the robbery was reported 11,587 times in Punjab.
During the last eight months, 22 cases of ransom kidnapping and 2523 cases of rape were registered in the province. The report said that 132 cases of gang-rape were registered during the current year.