A pregnant lady modified into once allegedly gang-raped by 5 males in Jhelum city of Pakistan’s Punjab province, media experiences stated.
Fixed with police, the 5 accused barged into the girl’s home. They first attacked and tied up her husband, sooner than sexually assaulting the victim, who modified into once reportedly awaiting rather one.
Following the assault, the girl went to the smartly being facility herself. Sanatorium workers reported the incident to the police after the victim recounted her ordeal to them.
The victim underwent scientific examination and her blood samples were sent to Lahore for forensic examination, police stated.
Punjab Police has constituted special groups to probe the case and launched a manhunt to nab the culprits. IGP Punjab has sought a inform from the authorities concerned.
The incident is the most sleek in a series of crimes against ladies folks which have disquieted Pakistan and precipitated popular outrage. Closing month, a 25-365 days-outdated lady modified into once gang-raped on a bright prepare in Karachi.
Recordsdata equipped by the Punjab Recordsdata Payment in February reveals that a total of 2,439 ladies folks were raped and 90 killed within the name of “household honour” right by the final six months within the province.
A fresh inform by the Human Rights Payment of Pakistan (HRCP) stated that no longer no longer as much as 11 rape circumstances are reported day-to-day within the country, with over 22,000 such incidents reported to police within the final six years (2015-21).
Fixed with the final 365 days’s ‘World Gender Hole Anecdote 2021’, Pakistan ranked 153 out of 156 countries on the gender parity index, that is, among the final four, an indicator of its unhappy inform with ladies folks’s rights.
(With ANI inputs)