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  • Polio worker, victim of sexual assault, denied entry in home by husband

    Polio worker, victim of sexual assault, denied entry in home by husband

    A woman polio worker, who was sexually assaulted in a village near Jacobabad, was declared ‘Kari’ by her husband after he drove her out of their home and snatched their three children from her on Saturday.

    The woman had testified in court last week that she was assaulted while on duty.

    The victim’s team of lawyers submitted a petition to the local court for the recovery of her children and they were reunited with her mother on the intervention of the court.

    Polio worker’s statement

    The polio worker talked too local journalists after the reunion and said that on Wednesday she was abducted at gunpoint when she was returning home after administering polio drops to children in the last house on her list along with her team head.

    The team head was threatened to not follow them or he will be killed.

    She said that the suspect took her into a jungle on the edge of the village where three other men with covered faces were already present. One of them filmed her while the suspect sexually assaulted her, she stated.

    She said that the suspect also tortured her, the marks of which are still present on her body. “After the assault, he let me go. I came back to the village but no villager provided me refuge,” she stated.

    She said that she could only identify the suspect, who was now in police custody, but she could not identify his three accomplices as their faces were completely covered.

    She told journalists that her husband expelled her out of the house and snatched their three daughters from her, who have now reunited with her on the intervention of the court.

    “We are a very low-income family. I work as polio worker and my husband earns his livelihood as transporter of small goods through his hand-cart,” she said.

    She appealed to PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to help provide her justice as her life is ruined after the assault.

    The victim’s counsel criticised police and district administration for not ensuring the writ of the government. They also asserted that sections of Anti-Terrorism Act should be incorporated in the FIR because harassing a polio worker is tantamount to terrorism as they work for the safety of the children.
    The lawyer appealed to the government and social welfare organisations to provide the polio worker a government job so that she could raise her children well as it was not her fault that she had been sexually assaulted at gunpoint.

    Suspect produced in court

    The police produced the suspect in the court where judicial magistrate, Nisar Ahmed Shar, remanded him in police custody for seven days.

    The judge ordered police to take samples from the suspect and submit a medical report to the court whenever it was released.

    Dawn’s sources said PPP MPA Sher Mohammad Mugheri demanded that the district administration arrest all the remaining suspects in the case and promised to financially support the victim every month until she got a government job.

    To read more: Polio worker gives harrowing testimony of being raped on duty

  • Polio worker gives harrowing testimony of being raped on duty

    Polio worker gives harrowing testimony of being raped on duty

    A polio worker testified before a Jacobabad court on Friday that she was raped while on duty, after medical reports suggested that the crime potentially did take place.

    Jacobabad Deputy Commissioner Zahoor Murri also confirmed that the polio worker was allegedly raped on Wednesday in a nearby village. The DC added that police arrived at the scene of the incident and transferred the victim to a hospital under tight security, where a medicolegal examination was conducted.

    A day after the incident, the victim told the media that she was robbed of her phone and valuables. At the same time, she dismissed allegations of sexual assault.

    She asserted that when she was returning home after administering polio drops to children at the last house on her list when a man robbed her of her mobile phone and money at gunpoint and escaped. “I was so traumatised and my heart was beating so fast that my team leader immediately took me to Jacobabad Institute of Medical Science,” she had said.

    However, on Friday, Jacobabad District and Sessions Judge Syed Sharafuddin Shah presided over a hearing where the victim retracted her old statement and testified that she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint three days ago while she was on duty in the village.

    She also appealed to the judge to allow her to go to her parents’ home, whereupon the court ordered the police to escort her there.

    A District Health Officer report submitted in the court also suggested that the polio worker “might have been sexually assaulted”.

    On the other hand, the court rejected the police report submitted by the local police, observing that it was incomplete. The judge ordered the police to submit a complete report by the next hearing on September 23.

    The court ordered the police to submit a “transparent” report “on [the] basis of ocular and medical evidence”.

    Additionally, the DHO was ordered to submit five years’ worth of records for the polio worker before the court adjourned until the next hearing on September 23.

    After the hearing, the victim’s lawyers held a press conference where they alleged that the police wanted to “spoil the case as they had submitted an incomplete report before the court”.

    The lawyers also alleged that the polio worker had been pressured to give a different statement while in police custody, adding that influential people wanted to protect the suspect as he belonged to the powerful Jakhrani clan.

    On the other hand, local police stated that they ensured the safety of the victim and confirmed that the polio worker was assaulted but she could not give a statement as she was traumatized by the incident.

  • Father, stepmother arrested after girl tortured to death

    Father, stepmother arrested after girl tortured to death

    A minor girl identified as Muskan was allegedly tortured to death in her Baghbanpura home on Shalimar Road in Lahore.

    The body of eight-year-old Muskan showed clear signs of torture.

    Dawn reports that police took her father and stepmother into custody for interrogation after neighbours claimed they had previously abused the girl over trivial matters.

    A police official told Dawn that a next-door neighbour alerted them when they heard the girl crying.

    However, when they arrived at the scene, police found the girl with severe wounds all over her body.

    She succumbed to the injuries including deep cuts on her neck. Her swollen limbs indicated she had been beaten with a hard object. There were signs of burns on her arms.

    Additionally, police cordoned off certain areas of the house for forensic analysis.

    Muskan’s father had remarried and the young girl had reportedly occasionally faced brutal treatment from her stepmother, according to the neighbours.
    A police investigation is going on to determine the father’s role in the alleged abuse leading to Muskan’s death.

    An autopsy report is awaited.

  • Man suspected of killing three minor sisters acquitted by court

    Man suspected of killing three minor sisters acquitted by court

    A local court in Muzaffargarh has acquitted a brother charged with killing three juvenile sisters by slitting their throats on the parents’ insistence.

    Geo News reported that the parents paved the way for the acquittal of the accused by submitting a consent letter in the court.

    The incident took place in Muzaffargarh’s Thermal Colony, where Basit mutilated his three sisters, seven-year-old Abiha, eight-year-old Zahra and 11-year-old Arisha. The girls’ bodies were found in a residential quarter adjacent to their house.

    Notably, the accused confessed to the murders after his arrest.

    Additional Sessions Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Asif issued an order of acquittal almost two and a half years after the incident.

    DPO Muzaffargarh Syed Hasnain Haider told Geo that a review appeal will be decided after reviewing the written decision of he court which is yet to be issued.

  • Swiss model murdered, pureed in blender by husband

    Swiss model murdered, pureed in blender by husband

    A former model and finalist in the Miss Switzerland beauty pageant was murdered and ‘pureed’ in a blender by her husband, Sky News has reported.

    38-year-old Kristina Joksimovic was found dead in her home in February this year.

    Main suspect, Thomas, had an appeal for release from custody, which was denied by the Federal Court on Wednesday, after which he reportedly confessed to killing his wife, Kristina. 41-year-old Thomas had two children with the victim.

    Sky News quotead a local news outlet that reported Thomas had admitted to the killing during a crime reconstruction in March and defended himself by claiming that it was done in self-defence after she attacked him with a knife.

    The report highlighted that the ruling from the court suggested Kristina was strangled to death. The autopsy report submitted in the court said that her body was dismembered in a laundry room with a jigsaw, knife and garden shears. Her body parts were then chopped up with a hand blender, “pureed” and dissolved in a chemical solution.

    Her husband was arrested the day after Kristina’s body was found. He initially told the investigating team that he had found her dead and dismembered her body in their laundry room in panic.

    The remains were reportedly found by a “third party”.

    Kristina was crowned Miss Northwest Switzerland and, in 2007, became a finalist for Miss Switzerland.

    She later became a catwalk coach and mentored models.

  • Ex-boyfriend who burned Ugandan athlete dies from burns himself

    Ex-boyfriend who burned Ugandan athlete dies from burns himself

    The ex-boyfriend of Ugandan Olympian athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died from burns sustained while he tried to set her on fire.

    Rebecca, a 33-year-old marathon runner, represented Uganda at the Paris Olympics 2024 and finished 44th in the marathon. She suffered burns to more than 75 percent of her body in an attack on September 1, dying four days later.

    The two of them were taken to a nearby Kenyan hospital. Her former boyfriend Dickson Ndiema Marangach attacked her when she returned home from church with her children.

    Local police report say that there was a dispute between Rebecca and her ex-boyfriend over land.

    Rebecca, he third elite sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021, has shifted the country’s focus on the issue of domestic violence in the country, particularly within its running community. Rights group say that female runners are at a high risk of exploitation and violence because men are drawn to their money which is far more than local income.

    Talking to Reuters, Rebecca’s father said, “This guy is dead because he killed my daughter. He has died because of his actions.”

  • Supreme Court bhi mehfooz nahin; two computers stolen from top court

    Supreme Court bhi mehfooz nahin; two computers stolen from top court

    Two computers have been stolen from the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the topmost court in the country.

    Geo News’ Arfa Feroz Zaki reported that an FIR of the incident has been registered upon the request of the director of IT department in Supreme Court in the police station of the Secretariat.

    The FIR states that the two computers were shifted to a room on the third floor of the building of the court.

    The Senior Deputy Director also shed light on the situation as he said that the two new computer systems comprising of a CPU and LCD were found missing from the room. The total cost of these two systems is said to be PKR 600,000.

    CCTV examination of the building has led to suspicion towards two employees, namely Faisal Khan and Zahid Iqbal.

    Geo’s sources say that Zahid Iqbal is serving as a driver for the Chief Justice of Pakistan whereas Faisal Khan is appointed as Naiq Qasid in the court.

  • Suicide bombers given numbing injections, reveals arrested terrorist

    Suicide bombers given numbing injections, reveals arrested terrorist

    An apprehended terrorist belonging to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Rooh Ullah, has revealed that suicide bombers are administered injections to numb them two days before planned attacks.

    In a video statement, the terrorist revealed details about his and other suicide bombers’ training in a seminary in Afghanistan and how they crossed the border to get inside Pakistan.

    He said that he was a student of the seminary Tarteel-ul-Quran in Tortam village in Afghanistan’s Dangam area for one year.

    He’d received the training for 10 days under the supervision of men named Molvi Sibghatullah along with Farooq and Zakir.

    He stated that the injections were administered to suicide bombers two days before their departure so they could no longer understand what was happening around them.

    Rooh Ullah stated that after completion of their training, he, along with four other suicide bombers, travelled to the Afghan border, where a facilitator named Jawad helped them get inside Pakistani territory.

    Then, the group’s responsibility was taken over by another man, Sajjad, who separated the suicide bombers and took Rooh Ullah to a mosque.

    The terrorist had now been instructed to meet another individual, Suleman, whom he got to meet after travelling for one hour.

    Suleman instructed the terrorist to receive a suicide vest from Jameel, who would also guide him about carrying out the attack in a cantonment area.

    Pakistan is witnessing the most significant surge in terrorist attacks over the last two years as it blames the Taliban government in Kabul for not taking action against the TTP.

  • Man convicted for sharing unwell wife’s explicit photos on Whatsapp

    Man convicted for sharing unwell wife’s explicit photos on Whatsapp

    A local court in Karachi has sentenced a man to nine years in prison for sharing explicit images of his cancer-stricken wife on WhatsApp.

    The court declared Syed Faizan guilty of the offences under Sections 20 (dignity of natural person), 21 (modesty of natural person and minor), 24 (cyberstalking) of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 and awarded him three-year imprisonment on every offence.

    Additionally, Faizan was fined Rs90,000. In case of default, the convict will have to undergo an additional three-month imprisonment.

    Observations of the court

    “This action [of the accused] aimed at shaming and blackmailing the victim and her family, underscores the accused’s intent to exert psychological pressure and manipulate the victim, especially during a vulnerable period in her life when she was battling cancer,” the court observed.

    The judge stressed that the impact on the victim and her family had been profound, causing emotional distress, reputational damage and further deteriorating the victim’s already deteriorating health.

    The court also observed that the motive of the accused behind sharing these photos is “appeared to be rooted in a pattern of control, exploitation, and intimidation directed towards the victim”.

    “After their marriage, the accused consistently demanded money and misappropriated the victim’s dowry, including substantial amounts of cash and gold. Abusive behaviour intensified over time, culminating in the accused’s deliberate act of sharing explicit images of the victim with her brother,” the judgment noted.

    In her testimony in court, the victim stated that she got married in 2019; however, her husband’s behaviour was abusive. She also claimed that the accused demanded dowry, including Rs500,000 in cash and 30 tolas of gold. After she confronted him, the accused further threatened her with maltreatment while she was battling cancer. In February 2022, the victim left her husband’s house and returned to her parents’ home.

    The brother of the victim lodged a complaint against his brother-in-law.

    The complainant informed the FIA Cyber Crime Cell that in March 2022, he had received obscene images of his sister on his WhatsApp number sent by Faizan to harm the reputation of his family and to blackmail him and his sister. Consequently, the FIA team apprehended him and seized his mobile phone, in which obscene material was found.

    While the victim’s lawyer stated in court that no consistency has been found in the testimonies of prosecution witnesses and that the forensic report matched the ocular version of the complainant and his witnesses. The report clearly showed the transmission of explicit images from the accused to the complainant (then deleted).

    However, the defence counsel contended that the complainant falsely implicated his client in this case while the images in the forensic report were blurry.

    However, the court rejected the defence plea and noted that the defence failed to produce evidence to support its claims.

  • Distressing CCTV footage of bus crash killing people on Karachi road released

    Distressing CCTV footage of bus crash killing people on Karachi road released

    An over-speeding bus crashed into motorcyclists and pedestrians near Bhawani Chali in the Site Area of Karachi yesterday. Now, the CCTV footage of the incident has been made public.

    Recent updates reveal that the crash killed two people and injured 13, including five women. Among the deceased is 45-year-old Talib, while the identity of the second victim, also aged around 45, remains unknown.

    Mohammad Muzamil, whose brother was killed in the incident, filed a case.

    Muzamil said in his statement that he and his brother were riding a motorcycle to the factory where they worked when the speeding bus hit them from behind. As a result, they were both knocked off the bike and injured, with his brother succumbing to his wounds.

    The injured include individuals aged between 22 and 60, with serious injuries reported.

    They have been identified as 30-year-old Qaisar Ali, 28-year-old Asif, 22-year-old Mazamil, 24-year-old Wajahat, 22-year-old Fazeela, 25-year-old Rehan, 60-year-old Ramzan, 30-year-old Maria, 35-year-old Nafeesa, 23-year-old Arooba, 50-year-old Sameena, 35-year-old Junaid, and 35-year-old Syed Razi.

    A preliminary investigation revealed that the bus carrying garment factory workers was speeding when its brakes allegedly failed.

    CCTV footage shows the motorcyclists and pedestrians getting crushed by the bus.

    The driver is still missing as he fled the scene and is being sought by the police.

    Previously, ARY News reported three people, including a woman, were killed while a few others were injured after a speeding passenger bus ran over several motorcyclists in Karachi’s Site area on Monday.

    Nazeer Shah had reported that the accident occurred on Monday near Bhawani Chali in Karachi when a speeding passenger bus ran over multiple motorcyclists, killing three people on the spot and injuring five others.

    In the footage shared by ARY News, vehicles can be seen stuck under the bus.

    Soon after the incident, rescue teams arrived at the scene and transported the deceased and the injured to the hospital.

    However, the bus driver managed to flee the scene.

    Preliminary investigations suggest that the accident was due to the bus’s failing brakes.