Rawalpindi - Another child abuse scandal has come to light from Kotli Sattian where a 40-year-old man sodomized two students of class ten at gunpoint and filmed the incident.
The accused also started blackmailing the boys by showing the objectionable video to the people of area when the students refused to have sex with him.
Police lodged a case (number 76) under sections 377/367-A/500/501 of Pakistan penal court (PPC) on August 12, 2015 on the written complaint of one of the victims, the sources said. However, the accused has not been arrested so far, sources said. A copy of the first information report is also available with The Nation.
According to sources, Aqeel Ahmed son of Shakeel Ahmed, resident of Phoofandi, appeared before police and stated that a man namely Tahir Mehmood son of Muhammad Yousaf came to his house in January 2015 and requested him to come with him to forest for cutting woods. He added that Tahir then approached another boy Saad Pervaiz son of Muhammad Pervaiz and took him too along with them to the forest. “We all reached the jungle and were chatting when all of a sudden Tahir whipped out a 30-bore pistol and pointed it at us,” he said. Later, Tahir sodomized both the boys and recorded the act in his mobile phone.
Aqeel further mentioned in the application that later Tahir started blackmailing them.
He added that Tahir met them in Burj Bazaar on July 31, 2015 again and forced them to have sex with him. “Upon our refusal, Tahir showed the nude videos to many boys of the village and blackmailed us,” the applicant reported to police. He sought legal action against the accused. Taking action, police registered a case and started investigation.
Sub-Inspector Khurram Javed of police station Kotli Sattian, who is investigating the case, when contacted, confirmed the development. He informed that policed are probing the matter. He said that the accused is on run and would be arrested soon.
Meanwhile, Saddar Bairooni police arrested the third accused who along with two of his accomplices had sodomized a 13-year-old child at gunpoint in Dhoke Thatthial area of Rawalpindi, informed police yesterday. The arrested accused was identified as Adnan son of Changez, 17.
The two other accused namely Abu Huraira and Ramzan were arrested earlier by a team of police in connection with the child abuse case.
Talking to The Nation yesterday, Assistant Sub-Inspector Ahmed Nawaz, the investigation officer, said that police have nabbed the third accused during a raid. He said that the accused was presented in a court of law and his five-day physical remand was also obtained.
A gang of three youngsters molested a 13-year-old child, the son of a poor shopkeeper, at gunpoint and made objectionable pictures of the satanic act, apparently to blackmail the child and hide their sin. The horrific incident took place at New Abadi, Dhoke Thattial, near Jhangri Shrine some three days ago. The regional police officer took notice of the incident after The Nation reported it on Friday. He assured the victim family that he would do everything to provide the child victim, who is a student of class seven, with justice.
Meanwhile, well-placed sources and some locals told The Nation the same gang had earlier molested two other small children. “However, the families of two victims did not go to police to avoid social stigma as well as because of poverty,” they said.