BAHAWALPUR: Gaggo Mandi police in Vehari district booked a man on charges of attempting to rape and murder his daughterin-law and torturing her and her minor daughter at Chak No. 187/EB on Wednesday.
Police said victim ‘A’ stated in her complaint that her husband ‘Ab’ was abroad to earn a livelihood and she was living with her father-in-law. She alleged that during her husband’s absence, her father-in-law ‘G’ made several attempts to rape her. She informed her husband about the alleged attempts over the phone, but he advised her to remain silent.
The victim alleged that on the day of the incident, her father-in-law again attempted to rape her in broad daylight, but she put up strongresistance. She again informed her husband, who advised her to go and stay with her motherin-law, who lived in the neighbourhood.
According to the complaint, when she went to her mother-in-law’s house to report the matter, her father-in-law, mother-in-law, sisters-in-law and brother-in-law allegedly tortured her and her minor daughter and attempted to strangle them.
She alleged that she managed to free herself and fled with her daughter before approaching the police and reporting the incident.
Police have registered a case against the suspects and are yet to arrest them.
MURDER: A man was allegedly murdered by his son-in-law over a domestic dispute at Mauza Chak Qadirpur, within the jurisdiction of Kahrorepucca police station in Lodhran district, on Tuesday night.
Reports said suspect Ijaz had allegedlysubjected his wife Shamim to torture before turning her out of the house. She subsequently started living with her father, Muhammad Rafiq, 65. The dispute between the two families had reportedly continued since then.
On the night of the incident, Ijaz, along with an accomplice, allegedly attacked his father-in-law with iron rods while he was sleeping in his cattle pen. The suspects fled under the cover of darkness after the attack.
On the complaint of the deceased’s son, Muhammad Imran, Kahrorepucca police registered a murder case and reached the scene. The police collected evidence and summoned forensic and crime scene units to examine the site.
The body was shifted to the Kahrorepucca THQ Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The suspects are yet to be arrested.