The girl, who alleged to be raped by an online friend and then gang-raped by two strangers in Lahore, has refused to further pursue the case.
The girl testified before the Kent Court Judicial Magistrate that no one had committed rape with her and she wants to withdraw the case so the FIR should be dismissed.
The alleged victim, a resident of the Quetta Town area of Karachi, travelled to Lahore on the promise of marriage from a guy named Harris. Harris befriended the 18-year-old girl through online game Pubg (Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds).
The girl alleged that Harris first tricked her in the name of marriage and made her come to Lahore. When she reached Lahore by train on November 23, the man took her to Rose Hotel where he raped her for three days.
Harris later refused to marry her and dropped her off at the train station on November 26. According to the alleged vicitm, two stranger men promised her a job while she was waiting for the train at the station.
She said that the suspects took her to a house on Sarwar Road where two other men helped them to take her to a room. She was raped several times by her captivators in a banglow until she managed to escape.
An FIR was lodged at the North Kent Police Station on November 28 alleging rape of a woman. Section 376 (rape), 109 (inciting rape) and 201 (missing evidence or misrepresentation of information) were added in the first information report.
Police had registered a case against three persons on the written complaint of the girl while a police team was also dispatched to arrest the accused. The girl was sent to the hospital for medical examination but later she refused to undergo medical treatment.
She also testified before the Judicial Magistrate that she had filed a case against the accused on the basis of ‘misunderstanding’. The girl’s statement was recorded by Judicial Magistrate Shahid Ali Khokhar.
It may be recalled that Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar had personally taken notice of the alleged gang rape incident yesterday. Sudden withdrawal by the girl has raised many suspicions about the victim’s safety and effectiveness of juridical system of the country.
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