SHEIKHUPURA: Warburton police arrested one of their colleagues on Monday for allegedly raping a teenage boy in the police station.

Nankana District Police Officer Shahzada Sultan visited the police station. The alleged rape victim was taken into custody on Wednesday in a mobile phone theft case.

The alleged rapist took the boy from the lockup to a room and raped him.

Station House Officer (SHO) Yaqoob Virk and other officials were alerted by the cries of the boy. They held the lowrank official under Section 377 of the Pakistan Penal Code and 155-C/4479 of the Police Order 2002.

The DPO also suspended the SHO from service and ordered a case against him for keeping the boy in the lock-up without any case for three days. He said the SHO should have produced him before a judicial magistrate right after taking him into custody. The DPO said the boy was a habitual thief.

E arlier the Bhikhi police in Sheikhupura had arrested him in a similar case.