{"id":26815,"date":"2023-11-21T11:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/man-arrested-after-rape-of-mentally-challenged-boy-in-rawalpindi-pakistan-observer\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:25:04","slug":"man-arrested-after-rape-of-mentally-challenged-boy-in-rawalpindi-pakistan-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/man-arrested-after-rape-of-mentally-challenged-boy-in-rawalpindi-pakistan-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after ‘rape’ of mentally challenged boy in Rawalpindi – Pakistan Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD \u2013 Punjab laid bare the growing problem of child sexual abuse<\/a><\/strong> and there is no end of the menace and the latest incident occurred in Rawalpindi\u2019s Afshan Colony.<\/p>\n

The horrific incident of child sexual abuse and exploitation captured public attention as the boy was mentally challenged.<\/p>\n

Police in Rawalpindi held a van driver who allegedly sexually assaulted a child with special needs.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The culprit was held as child\u2019s mother filed a police complaint in Westridge Police Station.<\/p>\n

The FIR stated that a 12-year-old boy, who lives with his family in Afshan Colony on Qasim Road in Rawalpindi, was returning home from school on November 20 when he was sexually abused.<\/p>\n

The victim told his mother that a driver of one of the school vans took him to a room inside the school, and raped him.<\/p>\n

The boy\u2019s family also urged action against school administration and the driver.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the van driver has been held while further investigations are underway.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Chakwal cops arrested two seminary teachers of a local seminary who allegedly sexually assaulted and tortured minor students.<\/p>\n

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The FIR lodged under 377 and other sections of PPC stated that a victim\u2019s father claimed that two seminary teachers Zeeshan and Anis raped and assaulted<\/a><\/strong> over dozen students. It said the culprits threatened students and used to make cuts at their bodies with sharp objects.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Pakistan has reported hundreds of child sexual abuse cases by seminary teachers, and other predators.<\/p>\n

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Govt to appeal acquittal by court in child rape case<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n