Sindh Police. PHOTO: FILE
HYDERABAD:
The Sindh police chief has constituted a six-member committee, headed by DIG Mirpurkhas Range, to investigate the alleged rape and torture case in Chautiarion area of Sanghar district.
The committee, whose members include SSP Hyderabad Adeel Hussain Chandio, SSP Sanghar Abid Baloch, DSP Legal Zikria Korejo and two inspectors, Abdul Hakeem Kumbhar and Zahid Kamboh, will have to submit weekly investigation updates to the IGP.
On January 20, a minor aged around 14 to 15 years was allegedly raped and tortured in a village near Chautiarion. A son of an influential landlord, Wazir Rajar, has been accused in the FIR registered on the complaint of rape victim Shadbano Mallah.
The Central Information Secretary of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Shazia Atta Marri on Sunday inquired about Mallah’s health by visiting her at Liaquat University Hospital (LUH), Hyderabad. She expressed solidarity and assured the poor family that the government will give them the protection and support they needed to fight for justice. “The incident was deeply worrisome and it left humanity in shame,” the MNA said while talking to the media at the hospital.
Mallah, who was allegedly raped on the night of January 20, was referred to LUH on January 22 from Peoples University Medical Hospital, Benazirabad district.
The hospital formed a medical board of 12 doctors on January 23 to provide medical and psychological treatment to the patient besides maintaining the medico-legal record.
LUH spokesperson Asghar Ali Pathan informed that the patient underwent dental, mexico face and plastic surgeries. She also receives psychotherapy. The accused had allegedly caused cuts with a sharp object on the victim’s forehead, nose, lips and tongue.
The FIR of the incident was registered at Chautiarion police station under Sections 376, 311 and 337 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
