Ninth-grade girl gang raped on pretext of returning Facebook password

Two suspects have been arrested for allegedly raping a ninth-grade student in the Peshawar suburb of Khazana, while a search is on for a third.

Inayatullah, the cousin of the victim student, told that his cousin remained silent due to fear till the next evening of the incident, however, two neighbors informed his family on suspicion.

According to Muharram Uzair Khan of Khazana police station, two accused Shahzeb and an Afghan citizen Usman were arrested after a case was registered on Friday under Section 377 and Section 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code, while the search for the third accused Luqman is underway.

Section 377 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) deals with unnatural offenses under which a person who rapes a man, a woman or an animal can face a heavy fine, life imprisonment or both.

Similarly, section 34 of the PPC applies when more than one person commits a crime collectively in pursuit of their common interest. Such a crime can be punishable by life imprisonment, execution of two years or more.

Khazana police station officials told that the arrested accused have been shifted to Peshawar Central Jail and will be produced in court after gathering other necessary information regarding the case.

Tauseefullah, the investigating officer of the police station’s finance department, said that some videos and pictures were found on the mobile phone of the accused Usman in which the accused could be seen wandering around with children in different places.

“Usman’s reputation in the area is not good, so the police are trying to find out if he was involved in other children’s rapes.”

According to Inayatullah, the accused Usman and his cousin had a close friendship despite their age differences.

He said the elders had repeatedly barred his cousin from contacting Usman.

“Actually, Usman got the password of my cousin’s Facebook account, which he called out of the house on the night of the incident under the pretext of giving it back, where Usman, with the help of two accomplices Shahzeb and Luqman, pulled out a pistol and went into the desert.” They took her and raped her in turn.

Inayatullah added that when two neighbors saw their cousin suspiciously with Usman, Luqman and Shahzeb late at night, they inquired about it the next day.

“When they saw the marks of torture on my cousin’s throat, their suspicion increased and as a result they reported it to the elders of the house. After which the cousin said it was rape.”

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