A man’s penis was cut off after he attempted to rape a woman in Punjab’s Jaranwala.
As per reports, a 24-year-old woman chopped off the 30-year-old man’s genitals when he tried to rape her on January 30. The FIR was registered on the complaint of the survivor’s father at the Jaranwala City police station.
Her father’s statement reads that his daughter told him that the suspect broke into her house with a knife. He threatened to kill her and attempted to rape her. On getting a chance, the woman grabbed the knife from him and chopped off his penis after which the man ran off screaming.
The police say the man is in police custody and under treatment at a hospital. The case is being investigated.
In an initial statement to the police, the suspect has not only denied the accusations against him but also alleged the woman of calling him to her house and of attacking him, the police said.
The FIR has been registered under Article 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code, which states:
- Whoever commits rape shall be punished with death or imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than ten years or more, than twenty-five years and shall also be liable to fine.
- When rape is committed by two or more persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life.
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