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| Child raped by 65-year-old man in Akora Khattak |
| 2015-02-28 |
| [DAWN] A seven-year-old girl from Nowshera District's Akora Khattak tehsil was allegedly raped by a 65-year-old man, it emerged on Friday. According to the child's father, the incident occurred a few days ago when the victim was playing outside her house one evening. She was kidnapped and allegedly raped before being set free by one Shah Nawabzada, a 65-year-old resident of Akora Khatak, The victim's father also said that the police have tossed in the calaboose Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! the main accused but a trial is yet to begin. He added that because the alleged perpetrator wields influence, the police is being forced to reach a 'compromise' or outside court settlement through back-channel negotiations. This incident comes a day after BBC reported the horrifying story of a gang-rape victim who was filmed during the crime. The film was later distributed widely on social media sites, with little to no repercussions for the alleged perpetrators. This case adds to the plethora of paedophilia cases reported across Pakistain each year, with the state machinery proving incapable of curbing this in the near future. A similar story was released in a documentary titled 'Pakistain's Hidden Shame' that premiered in Britannia's Channel 4 last September. |
| Posted by:Fred |