Rawalpindi police have arrested a man accused of raping his teenage neighbour after threatening to shoot her in the garrison city’s Nai Abadi area, it emerged on Tuesday. According to media reports, sub-Inspector Sikandar Azam, who has been assigned the investigation of the case, told that police would seek the suspect’s physical remand from a court for his DNA test. Meanwhile, he added, the girl’s medical examination had been conducted but the report was yet to be released. He said the suspect was a 25-year-old salesman. A first information report (FIR) of the incident  which took place on August 11 was registered on Monday at Dhamial police station on behalf of the girl’s uncle under Section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)