Pregnant lady gang-raped in Pakistan’s Punjab, police at the hunt for culprits

5 males allegedly barged right into a pregnant lady’s space, thrashed and tied up her husband sooner than sexually assaulting her in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

A pregnant lady was once gang-raped by way of 5 males in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

A pregnant lady was once allegedly gang-raped by way of 5 males in Jhelum town of Pakistan’s Punjab province, media reviews said.

In step with police, the 5 accused barged into the lady’s space. They first attacked and tied up her husband, sooner than sexually assaulting the sufferer, who was once reportedly anticipating a toddler.

Following the attack, the lady went to the clinic herself. Health facility group of workers reported the incident to the police after the sufferer recounted her ordeal to them.

The sufferer underwent scientific exam and her blood samples have been despatched to Lahore for forensic exam, police stated.

Punjab Police has constituted particular groups to probe the case and introduced a manhunt to nab the culprits. IGP Punjab has sought a document from the government involved.

The incident is the most recent in a sequence of crimes towards girls that experience surprised Pakistan and led to in style outrage. Remaining month, a 25-year-old lady was once gang-raped on a shifting teach in Karachi.

Knowledge supplied by way of the Punjab Data Fee in February displays {that a} general of two,439 girls have been raped and 90 killed within the title of “circle of relatives honour” all the way through the ultimate six months within the province.

A contemporary document by way of the Human Rights Fee of Pakistan (HRCP) stated that a minimum of 11 rape circumstances are reported day by day within the nation, with over 22,000 such incidents reported to police within the ultimate six years (2015-21).

In step with the ultimate 12 months’s ‘International Gender Hole File 2021’, Pakistan ranked 153 out of 156 nations at the gender parity index, this is, some of the ultimate 4, a trademark of its deficient file with girls’s rights.

(With ANI inputs)