LAHORE:
A group of three friends gang-raped a fourth friend near Chongi No. 22 of RA Bazaar police station. The accused also made a video of the assault to blackmail the victim. The police registered a case and arrested the main accused named Adeel while the other two had managed to escape.
The police have started the legal process to collect other important evidence including DNA.
The father of the victim boy while filing a police report stated that his son is 16 and a half years old. He reported that on April 14, at 5 pm, his son left the house to visit the store to buy some grocery items and did not return even after three hours had passed.
At around 10 pm, he returned home and appeared to be nervous. On asking the reason for his nervousness, he said that his friends Hamza Niazi and Bilal took him along on the pretext of getting tea together from a hotel took him to the upper portion of a 3-storey house near No. 22 Chongi, where their other friend, Adeel Khan was already present.
As soon as he entered the room, Bilal started beating him and forcibly raped him. Hamza and Adeel Khan also raped and made videos of him. The accused then sent him home on a motorcycle and threatened to kill him if he told anyone.
The police said that on the request of the victim’s father, they have registered case number 294/24, which includes rape and other provisions.
The police spokesperson said that the RA Bazaar police station has arrested the main accused, Adeel Khan while teams have been formed to arrest the other two accused. Raids are being conducted on the houses and other abodes of the accused.
The investigating officer has started the medical process of the victim to collect the DNA evidence of the accused. Accused, Adeel Khan will be transferred to the Lahore Forensic Laboratory for DNA matching. The police have also visited the crime scene to collect other evidence.
The police have started the process of blocking the ID cards of the absconding accused and other important documents. Soon the accused will be arrested and produced in the court.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2024.
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