Daily Times

SHIKARPUR: A nine-year-old-girl anddaughter to a blind manwas raped by a teenager at the village of Muhammad Murad Khalifa near Sultankot Town in the limits of Sultankot Police Station, reported police.

According to SHO Sultankot Police Station, Ameer Ali Pathan, the nine-years-old girl – daughter of Jagan Lodro – was allegedly raped by the accused identified as Ubedullah, aged around 17 and resident of the same village. The rape occurred when she was going home from her elder sister’s house.

Ubedullah reportedly forcibly took her to his place of residenceand managed to escape after committing the crime, the SHO added.

Area police have arrested the accused and recovered a TT Pistol from his possession.

In addition, the SHO confirmed that a positive report has been received and a FIR [11/12/2017] has been registered against the 17 year old on the complaint of Zareena, the mother of the girl, at Sultankot Police Station.

Talking to journalists, Zareena said that they’ve received threats from the teenager and her husband is blind and too weak to help the family.

She further demanded the higher authorities – including Human Rights Organizations, IGP Sindh, DIG Larkana, and SSP Shikarpur – to take note of the consequences and play their role to provide justice.