TOBA TEK SINGH: Faisalabad women police station on Saturday registered a case against a children hospital doctor, a security supervisor and an accomplice of the supervisor for allegedly raping a lady security guard in the hospital.

Reports said complainant `N` alleged in the first information reportregisteredundersection 375-A of Pakistan Penal Code that doctor `A` deputed her in his dental ward and started teasing her. On Dec 25, he called her in his office, raped her and made an explicit video.

She alleged that security supervisor also overpowered her in his office and he along with his accomplice gang-rape dher on Jan 8.

She said she filed an application to policefor registration of a case against the suspects but when it delayed she attempted suicide by cutting her throat the other day and now she was under treatment at Allied Hospital.

Police are looking into the matter.

PROTEST: Scores of shopkeepers and vendors of eight bazaars at Clock Tower took out on Saturday a rally against the anti-encroachment drive started by Faisalabad MC.

Addressing the participants, a PML-N leader, chairman supreme council of Anjuman Tajiran and former deputy mayor Amin Butt, said all participants in rally were carrying PML-N flags as they were not against this government, butthey were just demanding that the administration hold talks with shopkeepers and vendors and accept their `just` demands.

He urged Commissioner Maryam Khan to resolve the issue just like she did as commissioner in Multan.

INJURED: Robbers shot at and injured a man and his nephew on Saturday when they did not stop their motorcycle near Chak 297 JB located on Toba Road at Gojra.

Both Manzoor Ahmad and Muhammad Suhail of Chak 300 JB were admitted to Gojra THQ hospital and later referred to Faisalabad Allied hospital due to their critical condition.

FIRE: A bogie of a running goods train laden with coal bound for Khewra fromKarachi suddenly caught fire at Toba near Chuttiana railway station located on Toba-Shorkot Cantonment track on Saturday.

Rescue 1122 firefighters controlled the flames and reported that the fire seemingly erupted due to some fault in the wheels of bogie. The bogie contained 90 tonnes of coal and timely action saved at least 88 tonnes from burning.

Meanwhile, a fire broke out in upper storey of a commission agent`s shop in Toba grain market due to electric short circuit on Saturday as a result empty gunny bags worth more than Rs400,000 reduced to ashes and the roof of the shop also caved in. Rescue firefighters extinguished the fire and claimed that at least Rs5 million worth of bags were saved from burning.POET: Faisalabad DC Nadeem Nasir has set a an example by patronising a Punjabi poet. He announced on Saturday the recruitment of two sons of the Punjabi poet of Jaranwala and writer of five Punjabi poetry books, Munawar Shakeel.

An official said the DC learnt that Munawar Shakeel was facing financial constraints and he called the poet to his office.

He presented the poet with a cash prize and a commemorative shield of the DC and announced providing jobs to his two sons.

Meanwhile, Director Punjab Council of Arts Faisalabad Muhammad Awais Abid in recognition of the services of Munawar Shakeel announced organising a `mushaira` to raise funds for him.