Two females including a minor were allegedly kidnapped, gang-raped, and paraded naked in the Naukot area of Mirpurkhas district in Sindh on Monday. There was a dispute between the Tangri and Rajput communities over a free-will marriage.
The incident took place because a woman from the Tangri community fled from home to marry a man belonging to the Rajput family.
Geo reported that over 20 men of the Tangri community raided the house of Muhammad Hanif Rajpoot and abducted two girls from his family.
The victims were rescued after 20 hours when the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA of Mir Tariq Talpur took notice of the incident.
Dr Zebunisa Kolachi who conducted an initial examination confirmed that both girls were raped.
Both victims revealed more details about the horrific incident which they faced.
They said, “Both of us were stripped off our clothes, forced to parade naked, and then raped by many men for hours during detention at an unknown location.”
The First Investigation Report (FIR) has been filed on the complainant, Ali Raza Rajput who is the husband of one of the abducted victims.
The relatives of the victims protested regarding the heinous act in the town and also alleged that the police of the Naukot area is reluctant to arrest the assailants.
The parents of the victims said, “Nobody feels safe from people of these gangs of Tangri community but the police of Naukot town have never bothered to take any action against them.”
Parents also revealed that the Tangri gang also took away valuable goods, gold, and cash at a gunpoint from the house.
Police have arrested 12 suspects who were nominated in the FIR.
