Civil judge orders production of 3 brothers in rape case

ISLAMABAD: The Civil Judge, Islamabad Ambreen Qureshi has ordered police to present three brothers arrested for allegedly raping their real sister in court on Monday April 1, 2019.

A civil court also ordered for the victim to be shifted to a protection centre until further orders.

Golra police brought the victim girl in court on Saturday to record her statement according to Section 164 but Civil Judge Islamabad ordered police to bring three accused in court at the time of recording statement. The accused are in Adiala Jail.

The victim girl will record her statement according to Section 164 in the presence of her brothers on Monday.

The Investigation Officer (IO) Malik Mumtaz told ‘The News’ that we will bring three accused from Adiala Jail to present them in court when the victim girl will record her statement in court on Monday.

He said one of the suspects is a religious scholar who also delivered sermons online. He is alleged to have raped the victim at a religious seminary on Friday. The other two suspects are labourers.

The officer also said the victim is 15 years old, while the suspects are between the ages of 22 and 30. He said the suspects threatened the victim and told her to keep quiet in the name of the holy book.

According to the FIR, the victim was living with her brothers after their parents died. She was first raped by one of the suspects two years ago, who continued to assault her for two weeks afterwards.

She was then sexually assaulted three times by another suspect weeks later, and then by a third at a religious seminary.

The FIR said that at her request she was taken to a religious seminary, and when she returned to Golra she stayed at a shrine for four days and fell ill.

She visited her father’s friend for treatment, where she was asked about her disappearance and told him about her ordeal.

The family based on five brothers and four sisters who are from Bannu and have been living in Golra for a couple of years. The victim had been living with her brothers after her parents died.

The Special Judicial Magistrate Amir Khalil had sent three accused to Adiala Jail on a judicial remand.

The SHO Golra said the police were approached by a friend of the victim’s late father, a doctor.

The police then visited his clinic and took a statement from the victim. He said doctors and local elders present at the clinic also told the police they had confronted the suspects with the victim’s allegation and they had confessed. A case was registered against the suspects and they were arrested soon.

It is worth mentioning here that the suspects had also confessed their crime during the three-day physical remand.