Young girl ‘raped’ on pretext of marriage in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: Police have yet to register FIR despite several complaints against the accused who allegedly blackmailed and abused a young girl for three months on the pretext of marriage in the Peerwadhai area of Rawalpindi.

According to sources, an accused Fawad Khan allegedly raped the girl for three months. The accused later promised her to marry and sexually exploited her on several times and later aborting the pregnancy. After a couple of months, when the girl asked him to marry the accused refused, sources added.

According to the girl, “I work in a travel agency in Rawalpindi where my co-worker driver Fawad Khan cheated me and has been committing adultery with me for three months”.

The victim also alleged that the accused and his brother threatened dire consequences if she raised a complaint against them.

The victim said when she has applied for a case against accused at the relevant police station, however, police had been trying to hush up the matter as the accused involved in the crime is an influential criminal. Later, the girl filed a case in District Court Rawalpindi for registration of FIR.

The girl appealed to the prime minister, Army chief, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and IGP Punjab to take action against the police for not registering FIR and order to provide an exemplary punishment to the accused.