MUZAFFARGARH: A woman was allegedly gang-raped by six men in the Mahmood Kot area of Muzaffargarh district after holding her two-year-old son hostage at gunpoint.
The suspects also filmed the assault and later leaked the video online.
Police said that a case has been registered against six suspects on a complaint lodged by the victim’s husband.
According to the victim, the men pointed a gun at her child and subjected her to gang rape inside her home.
She said the incident took place on the night of July 9, but she initially remained silent out of fear of social stigma.
On August 22, however, the suspects allegedly uploaded the video on social media to disgrace her.
Police confirmed that an FIR has been lodged at Mahmood Kot Police Station against six suspects.
A police spokesperson said the case was registered after recording the woman’s initial statement.
He said that raids were underway to arrest the culprits, who have gone into hiding, and that facts will be corroborated only after a forensic test was carried out.
In June, a woman was gang-raped in front of her husband in Hafizabad Punjab.
According to the FIR registered at Kassoki Police Station on June 3, the suspects, after raping the woman, allegedly forced her and her husband at gunpoint to engage in sexual intercourse, filmed the act, and fled.
Police said the incident had occurred over a month earlier, but the victim’s husband only filed the case after the video was uploaded on social media.
In August, a 21-year-old man was allegedly gang-raped and robbed in Haripur after being lured into a fake meeting with a woman he had befriended on Facebook.
Police said the man, a resident of Nagri Bala, had been in contact with a woman named Urooj. She invited him to meet near a deserted area close to the government garden within the jurisdiction of the City Police Station.
However, when he arrived, the man was ambushed by three armed men who allegedly beat him, gang-raped him at knifepoint, filmed the assault, and looted Rs35,000 in cash, a mobile phone, and a gift he had brought for the woman.
After the attack, the suspects reportedly threatened him with dire consequences if he approached the police, warning him to quietly return to his hometown.