The Lahore High Court (LHC) Complaint Cell on Wednesday took notice of a rape case reported in the press involving an eight-year-old female victim at the hands of a landlord’s son in Mangtanwala Area.
The Nankana Sahib district and sessions judge (D&SJ) was directed to probe the matter and submit a detailed report regarding the local police’s action against the perpetrator.
According to details, a Mango Taaro village resident told the police that her daughter, a second grade student, was abducted on her way home from school. He said that he had gone searching for her when he heard her crying out from the nearby fields. He caught her assailant, 16-year-old Zahid red-handed and transferred him to the police.
The victim was shifted to Lahore Children’s Hospital in a critical condition.
Police have registered a rape case against Zahid and have commenced proceedings against him.
