VEHARI: Police in Vehari district of Punjab have registered an FIR against a man for allegedly allowing his friends to sexually rape his wife after losing the gambling bet.
According to the police, they have registered the FIR on a complaint of the victim’s father, who accused his son-in-law of swapping his daughter to compensate for the loss in the Ludo game.
According to the complainant, the man would often torture his daughter and bring his friends home every night to gamble.
He told Nukta that one night, he lost the bet and allowed one of his friends to rape his daughter while the others guarded the house.
He said that he took his daughter to a hospital the next morning for a medico-legal test before registering a case against the accused.
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The complainant said that his son-in-law and his accomplices had obtained interim bail from a local court until February 28 and were at large.
The complainant said he had married his daughter in 2022, and the couple has a son.
A police source said that both parties had previously filed multiple cases against each other, but the accused (husband) has denied gambling.
He said that the police have registered the FIR on the father’s complaint as initial medical reports confirmed intercourse. He, however, said that the police were investigating if it involved her husband or his friend.
Police said that samples of the woman and the crime scene have been sent to the Punjab Forensic Science Agency for a DNA test.
According to the police, it usually takes 40 days for the forensic process of DNA.
Meanwhile, Punjab government Syed Kausar Kazmi said that the allegation of rape by the victim’s husband’s friend was true, but there was no evidence to support the gambling claim.
He said that the three accused, including the victim’s husband, were on interim bail until February 28.