Authorities in Jacobabad are investigating allegations that seven police officials, including the Station House Officer (SHO), sexually assaulted a minor girl.
A woman claimed that the SHO, the head clerk, and five other police officials raped her granddaughter.
Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar has taken notice of the case and asked the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to submit a report.
An investigation team, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Thul, has been formed to look into the allegations.
This case comes to the light shortly after another incident in Karachi. In the Gulshan-e-Maymar area, a 17-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped, police said. The victim, who works as a domestic help, told a private media outlet that “some influential men abducted her and took her to an unknown location, where they subjected her to sexual and physical assault.”
She added that when she and her family went to the police station to lodge a complaint, the SHO initially refused to register the First Information Report (FIR).
Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Alam Odho took notice of the case and ordered the suspension and demotion of the area SHO for delaying the registration of the FIR.
A case was later registered at the Gulshan-e-Maymar police station on the complaint of the victim’s brother.