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| Last of four Meerwala rapists arrested |
| 2002-07-13 |
| Allah Ditta Mastoi, the fourth rapist wanted in the Meerwala gang-rape case, was arrested on Friday from Rajanpur district. Now all the six main accused - Faiz Bakhash Mastoi, Ramzan Pachaar, and rapists Ghulam Farid, Abdul Khaliq, Fayyaz Hussain, and Allah Ditta - are in police custody. Police have yet to arrest two of the three wanted in the sodomy case lodged by the 12-year-old Shakoor Tatla (Mukhtiaran Mai - rape victim's brother). The boy was accused by the Mastois of having 'illicit' relations with sister of the rapists Abdul Khaliq and Allah Ditta. Young Shakoor had alleged that Jameel, Punnu and Manzoor sodomized him. As cover up of their crime the Mastoi tribe convened a panchayat which ordered the gang-rape of Shakoor's sister as punishment, and implemented their verdict on the spot. Punnu and Manzoor are still at large. On the orders of Dera Ghazi Khan range DIG police, Asif Nawaz, Muzaffargarh city police DSP Shaukat has replaced the investigation officer Jatoi SDPO, Saeed Awan, who had pressured the rape victim's family to record statements which favoured the Mastois. The SDPO Saeed Awan would now assist the DSP. Seems to me Saeed should be sitting in clink with the rest of them. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |