MULTAN: A teenage girl and her mother allegedly committed suicide after being raped by a local influential figure in Multan on Monday while locals have claimed that the duo was “killed by the woman’s son”.
The tragic incident took place in Nandpur area of the city where 18-year-old Saima was allegedly raped by an influential person of the area, later identified as Ansar.
The rape victim and her mother tried to file a case against the accused but the police reportedly turned them away.
“We are poor and cannot fight with the influential of the area,” the girl’s family members were quoted as saying.
Talking to media, the son of the deceased woman said that his sister was molested on Sunday night and on the refusal of the police to file a case into the matter, both of them committed suicide.
Residents of the area, on the other hand, claimed that the duo was raped and later killed by her own son.
The police reached the spot and shifted the bodies to a nearby medical facility.
No case has been lodged into the incident so far.
