Five men allegedly forcibly entered the house of a pregnant woman, beat up her husband and tied him up in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
A pregnant woman was gang-raped by five men in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
A pregnant woman was allegedly gang-raped by five men in Jhelum city of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Media reports said.
According to the police, the five accused entered the woman’s house. They first attacked and tied up her husband, who was allegedly expecting a child, before sexually assaulting the victim.
After the beating, the woman herself went to the hospital. After the victim narrated her ordeal, the hospital staff informed the police about the incident.
Police said the victim was medically examined and her blood samples were sent to Lahore for forensic examination.
Punjab Police has formed special teams to investigate the matter and has started raids to arrest the culprits. IGP Punjab has sought a report from the concerned authorities.
The incident is the latest in a series of crimes against women that have stunned Pakistan and generated widespread outrage. Last month, a 25-year-old woman was gang-raped in a moving train in Karachi.
The data provided by the Punjab Information Commission in February shows that the total 2,439 women raped and 90 killed in the name of “family honor” during the last six months in the state
A recent report by the Human Rights Commission (HRCP) of Pakistan states that the country reports at least 11 rape cases every day, with more than 22,000 such incidents reported to the police in the last six years (2015-21) .
According to last year’s ‘Global Gender Gap Report 2021’, Pakistan is ranked 153 out of 156 countries on the Gender Equality Index, an indicator of its poor record with women’s rights out of the last four.
(with ANI inputs)