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  • Man arrested for digging up grave, raping dead woman

    Man arrested for digging up grave, raping dead woman

    Karachi police on Friday arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of digging up the grave of a recently-buried woman and sexually abusing the body in a Korangi graveyard.

    DAWN has reported that the police registered a case against the suspect on the complaint of the son of the deceased woman against charges of trespassing of burial places and rape.

    The FIR states that the complainant had buried his mother in the graveyard on Thursday evening. Shortly after that, at around 10:30 pm, he came to know that the suspect dug up the body and raped it. However, he got caught, beaten up and handed over to the police.

    Korangi police confirmed in a statement that the suspect had been arrested “on the rape charge” in the Bagh-i-Korangi graveyard.

    During the investigation, the suspect told the police that he used to keep an eye out for recently buried women in the cemetery. He had dug up graves to commit heinous crimes against the dead.

    The police statement said he disclosed that he had sexually abused the corpses of four women in the past.

    Meanwhile, Police Surgeon Summaiya Syed told Dawn that the suspect had been brought to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for a medical examination.

    She said that the relatives of the deceased woman had re-buried her body, but the police required permission from a judicial magistrate to exhume the body for further investigation.

  • Asad Shah charged in Fatima’s murder

    Asad Shah charged in Fatima’s murder

    An Anti-Terrorism Court in Khairpur has convicted four individuals in the case involving the death of a minor maid, Fatima Fariro, from last year. The convicted are Pir Asad Shah, Hina Shah, Pir Fayaz Shah, and Imtiaz Mirasi.

    The four offenders have been charged by the court in connection with Fatima’s murder that happened at Ranipur Haveli in Ranipur village near Khairpur city in Sindh province.

    The hearing has been adjourned until August 12. The witnesses’ statements will be recorded at the next hearing.

    Background:

    On August 14, 2023, 10-year-old Fatima was allegedly tortured to death in a mansion in Ranipur.

    Pir Asad Shah, Fayaz Shah, Hina Shah, and Compounder Fayaz have been named as the main suspects in the murder case.

    The case of the young maid’s murder is currently under review in the anti-terrorism court in Khairpur.

    Main suspect Asad Shah was arrested after the case was highlighted, and a video revealing the girl’s suffering before her death was also released.

  • Boy steals mother’s jewellery to gift iPhone to girlfriend

    Boy steals mother’s jewellery to gift iPhone to girlfriend

    A ninth-grader boy in India stole his mother’s gold jewellery to gift his girlfriend an iPhone for her birthday.

    The incident occurred in the Najafgarh area of the Indian capital, New Delhi, as per Indian media.

    The police said that on August 3, the woman filed a complaint stating that on August 2, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., an unknown person stole two gold chains, gold earrings, and a gold ring.

    During the investigation, the CCTV footage showed no one entering the house or leaving.

    However, the police then turned the scope of the investigation inside the house and found that one of the woman’s sons was missing.

    The investigation team then started gathering information about the boy and questioned his school friends.

    The boy’s friends told the police that he had a close friendship with a girl in his class and that the two liked each other.

    The investigation team then learned that the woman’s son had bought a new iPhone worth Rs 50,000. The team conducted several raids to search for the boy, but each time he managed to escape from the scene.

    “We received a tip-off on Tuesday that the boy would come home around 6 pm.

    However, as soon as he came home, he was taken into custody, and later, an iPhone was recovered from his possession,” the police stated.

    The young boy is a student in class 9 and studies in a private school in Najafgarh.

    The investigation further revealed that the boy had asked his mother for money to buy a gift on his girlfriend’s birthday, but due to her limited resources, the mother refused to give him the money.

    Enraged at the refusal, the boy stole the gold ornaments from the house, sold them to a goldsmith, and bought an iPhone.

    Delhi police have arrested the goldsmith and recovered the woman’s jewellery.

  • Landlord allegedly broke legs of three goats

    Landlord allegedly broke legs of three goats

    A landlord from 26 WB, a village on the outskirts of Vihari in South Punjab, broke the legs of three goats after they entered his fields.

    The three pet goats belonged to Mohammad Aslam Tawari, who reported to Jang News that the landlord was angered by their intrusion and threw bricks at the goats, injuring them.

    Tawari took the injured goats to the Sadar police station, where they were subsequently sent to the veterinary hospital for treatment.

    The Police have stated that a medical docket (a request for injury documentation for the government hospital) was issued for the broken legs of the goats.

    Medical aid is being provided to the injured goats, and a case will be registered once the medical report is received.

  • Mentally challenged person beaten by traffic warden in viral video

    Mentally challenged person beaten by traffic warden in viral video

    A mentally challenged person in Rawalpindi was tied to a pole and assaulted by several people, including a traffic warden. As the video went viral, police took action and arrested four people, including the warden.

    The incident took place in the Race Course area. Police said that the traffic warden also beat up the victim, promising that departmental action will be taken against him. Raids are going on to arrest the other suspects.

    A case has been registered against the suspects in the Race Course police station.

  • New report reveals surge in gender-based violence cases, low conviction rates

    New report reveals surge in gender-based violence cases, low conviction rates

    A report released by the Law and Justice Com­m­ission of Pakistan (LJCP) reveals an increase in gender-based violence across Pakistan.

    The report also notes an increase in pending gender violence cases in the courts.

    The number of pending gender violence cases rose from 21,891 to 39,665 in 2023.

    In Punjab, the number of pending gender violence cases increased by 100 percent, while Sindh saw a three percent increase, KP experienced a 14 percent rise, Balochistan had a two percent increase, and Islamabad saw a one percent rise.

    Most cases of gender-based violence involve sexual assault, and pending cases also include kidnapping, human trafficking, and murder of women.

    Crimes committed using electronic means related to gender cases have also increased, while economically motivated crimes have decreased.

    According to the report, the conviction rate for those involved in gender crimes is only five percent, and the acquittal rate for accused individuals in gender crimes is 64 percent.

    Additionally, 480 special courts were established in 2019 to address gender-based crimes across the country.

  • Farm-worker gang raped infront of husband in Sahiwal

    Farm-worker gang raped infront of husband in Sahiwal

    A female farm worker was gang-raped by two unidentified armed suspects in front of her husband during a robbery near Arifwala.

    The farm is owned by Muhammad Aslam who lives with wife and children while his farm workers reside in the staff quarters of the farmhouse along with their families.

    The unfortunate incident happened on the night between Wednesday and Thursday when the two armed robbers woke up the residents of the house, seized their mobile phones and locked all the men, women, and children in one of the rooms.

    The robbers took a worker’s wife with them to lead them to cash and other valuables in the house, but the woman resisted. The suspects assaulted her and locked her in another room.

    After completing the robbery, the suspects raped the worker’s wife while forcing him to watch.

    The police registered a case on the complaint of Muhammad Aslam.

    The robbers escaped with 50,000 cash, a motorcycle and two fertilizer bags, as per the FIR registered by the victims. The robbers reportedly threw the mobile phones near the farmhouse.

    Dawn reports that Saddar Police Arifwala conducted a forensic analysis of the crime scene and took the gang-rape victim to THQ hospital, where a medical report confirmed rape.

    DNA samples have been collected.

    District Police Officer Tariq Walayat sent an investigation team, headed by SP Investigation Shahida Noreen, to investigate the matter.

    Previously, a woman was gang-raped in Hafizabad in front of her husband and three-year-old daughter.

  • Watch: Saudia-returned family looted in Karachi

    Watch: Saudia-returned family looted in Karachi

    Robbers have looted valuables from a Saudi Arabia-returned family in Karachi.

    ARY News reported that the incident happened within the limits of the Aziz Bhatti Police Station.

    CCTV footage shows the looters chasing the family’s white Honda Civic. The robbers stopped them at their doorstep and looted cash, important documents and other valuables.

    The police registered a case against four unknown persons at the complaint of Ahmed, a member of the family.

  • Quack murders two minor brothers in pursuit of ransom

    Quack murders two minor brothers in pursuit of ransom

    A horrific incident of a twin murder was reported in Karachi’s Machar Colony, where a quack killed two minor brothers in pursuit of ransom from their father.

    The alleged murderer, identified as Abdul Kareem, lured the two brothers, Ahmed, 10, and Hassan, 8, with parrots as he knew that they were fond of birds. The police investigation says that he gave them a high dose of anaesthesia mixed with food, which caused their death.

    ARY News reported that the boys had been at Kareem’s clinic since morning, and when their sister went to find them, the quack informed her that the children left already. Kareem stuffed the bodies in a cupboard and also pretended to search for them with their father.

    The police arrested him on suspicion and, upon his identification, recovered the bodies from the clinic’s cupboard. The man allegedly told the police that he kidnapped the children to ask for a ransom from their father.

    The police have arrested Abdul Kareem, and the matter is under investigation.

  • Suspects in Hafizabad gang-rape case arrested

    Suspects in Hafizabad gang-rape case arrested

    The Hafizabad police claim to have arrested five suspects in the gang rape of a woman.

    Dawn reports that the police arrested the suspects during raids carried out in the district and a few other cities and shifted them to the Sukheke police station for interrogation.

    Police claimed that most arrests came in the light of information obtained from the one robber who was caught by the police soon after the rape with the help of geofencing.

    Dawn’s sources reveal that the police also picked up some relatives of the main suspect in order to exert pressure on them to surrender themselves to the police.

    A woman was allegedly gang-raped in front of her husband and three-year-old daughter in Hafizabad while they were going back to their home city, Chiniot, on a motorbike.

    One of the three robbers was arrested shortly after the incident and police teams were assigned the task to trace and arrest the rest of the robbers.

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