Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday took a strong notice of reports that a woman was sexually assaulted on the orders of a village panchayat (jury).
Punjab CM has directed the concerned authorities to immediately arrest the culprits.
According to details, a 40-year-old woman was allegedly raped by four men on the orders of the panchayat in Ahsanpur village of Muzaffargarh.
The poor woman, who is totally innocent, was meted out tit-for-tat treatment after another woman of the village complained to the panchayat that she was raped by relatives of the affected woman.
After the panchayat’s ruling 40-year-old woman belonging to the alleged rapists’ family was subjected to sexual assault.
Reacting to the incident, the local police arrested three people including head of the panchayat.