Rape of woman, minor daughter in Sindh's Kashmore causes outrage

[MenInG]

A man was arrested for allegedly subjecting a woman and her minor daughter to rape for two days after duping the former with a job offer in northern Sindh's Kashmore district, police said on Thursday.

Police arrested the suspect using a trap while an accomplice is currently at large.

Kashmore Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amjad Ali Shaikh confirmed the suspect's arrest. He said the woman and her daughter were medically examined and their samples were now being sent for forensic and DNA examinations.

Both the victims hail from Karachi, according to Kashmore police. The woman had come across the suspect at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in Karachi nearly a week ago. The suspect "promised the woman that he would get her a job at Kashmore Toll Plaza and she readily agreed,” a policeman said.

The woman arrived in Kashmore over the past weekend and met the suspect. Two days later, she approached Kashmore police, alleging that the suspect had raped her after she reached his residence, and he then handed her over to another man living near the Sindh-Balochistan border. That man also allegedly raped the woman, according to SSP Shaikh.

The woman told police that the suspect held her five-year-old daughter hostage, saying he would only let her go when she brought him another woman from Karachi. According to police, the suspect also gave her some money to cover her travelling expenses.

Kashmore police then devised a ploy to nab the suspect.

“Our ASI (assistant sub-inspector) Mohammad Bux Buriro persuaded his wife to talk to the suspect over phone which she did. Then the woman from Karachi and the ASI’s daughter waited in a park in Kashmore where the suspect was scheduled to meet them,” said Kashmore Station House Officer (SHO) Akbar Channa.

As soon as the suspect arrived there, police apprehended him, according to the SSP. He then led police to a cattle pen where he had kept the young girl. “The girl told police that he had subjected her to criminal assault,” the police officer said.

He explained that the trap was arranged and police needed a woman for this purpose so the suspect would be tricked into thinking the victim had brought another woman as he had desired. “Otherwise it would have been difficult to lay hands on him,” he said.

Police conducted raids for the arrest of the other man in Balochistan but he remained at large. A local court has already remanded the Kashmore suspect in police custody for three days.

A case was registered against the two men on Tuesday on the complaint of Kashmore police under under Sections 376 (punishment of rape), 344 (wrongful confinement for ten or more days), 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code. Besides the two suspects, one unidentified person was also nominated in the case by police.

SHO Channa said the samples of the woman and her daughter were being sent for DNA and forensic analysis.

The DNA samples and clothes will be examined at the Forensic and Molecular Sciences laboratory of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences in Jamshoro.

The latest incident involving sexual violence against women and children sparked an outrage on social media and was condemned by rights activists and politicians as well. It remained one of the top trends on Twitter in Pakistan and was being posted about with the hashtag 'Kashmore tragedy'.

Comments on Facebook eulogised ASI Buriro for involving his daughter in order to trap the suspect in the case. His photo was also shared on social media to acknowledge his effort.

The minor girl and her mother have been shifted to Larkana, the divisional headquarters in upper Sindh. Larkana district has a tertiary hospital as well where the girl might be kept for treatment, officials said.

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari issued a statement saying he had taken strong notice of "the brutal incident", which had "shocked him personally and the beasts involved in this gruesome crime have shamed humanity".

Bilawal said the victims will get justice at any cost and asked the Sindh government to ensure that the culprits get exemplary punishment under the law. He also asked the government to ensure adequate medical treatment for both the victims.

Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari said the "horrific Kashmore rape case shows how despite laws a bestial mindset continues to ravage our society, violating our children. [...] Sindh government must ensure strict enforcement of law."

Sindh Governor Imran Ismail termed the incident "sickening". He said he was following the case "to ensure strictest punishment for the criminals" and the best medical treatment and post-trauma care for the child.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1590001/rape-of-woman-minor-daughter-in-sindhs-kashmore-causes-outrage

 

[saeedhk]

I have been disgusted all day after hearing this sicking news. The 4 year old girl was raped with such barbarity that her intestines were left hanging outside her body.

The problem is that these cases happen every single day but the perpetrators are almost never punished.

Savagery goes on every second in the land of pure!

 

[Kaddy]

Just saw the little girl's video and I am literary heartbroken and have tears in my eyes.

This 'Qoum' needs only 'danda'. These types of crimes will never be reduced until the strict punishments are given.

I wish I could torture that rapist......

 

[pakistan cricket fan]

Kashmore man confesses to rape of mother, young daughter

A man identified as Rafiq Malak has confessed to raping a woman and her underage daughter in Kashmore, police said Thursday.

The daughter is four to five years old, the FIR said.

A medical examination confirmed that it was a gang-rape case.

Police arrested Malak Tuesday after the mother, who is from Karachi, said that he lured her into accompanying him to Kashmore with the promise of a Rs40,000 job. He was presented in a Larkana court Wednesday, which remanded him into police custody for three days.

The FIR says that the woman was offered a job on October 25. She travelled to Kashmore with the man and her daughter. When she reached there, Malak and two accomplices detained the pair at Malak’s residence and gang-raped the woman.

They then released her but kept her daughter, telling her to bring the woman who was with her during their meeting at the hospital in exchange for the child. They threatened to murder her daughter if the woman did not comply.

The woman approached the police in Kashmore, who raided Malak’s residence. They saw three men, two of whom they identified on the spot as Muhammad Rafique Malak and Khairullah Bugti. They did not know the third man.

An assistant sub-inspector in Kashmore, identified as Muhammad Bux, took it upon himself to arrest the rapists. The ASI asked his wife talk to the accused and pretend to be the woman they asked for and then sent his daughter with the victim to lure him, Kashmore SSP Amjad Ali Shaikh told SAMAA Digital over the phone.

“He volunteered his wife and daughter and told me the child [victim] was also like his daughter,” said the police official. “Here the culture is very conservative because it is a tribal belt.”

SSP Shaikh said that he has a force of at least 3,000 people but not a single female constable because “people here don’t like it”.

All three fled when they saw the police and jumped over a wall but Malak landed on a pile of bricks, injuring his legs. The police arrested him but the other two fled. However, the police team has said on record that they will be able to identify the other two on sight.

The police found the child inside and Malak confessed that he had raped her because he was “furious” at her mother. He has now said that Khairullah Bugti also raped the child. The police confirmed that there were marks of violence on the child that made it apparent that she had been raped. Both the mother and child were sent to the Taluka Hospital, Kashmore.

The child was in critical condition but is better now, said Dr Sirajuddin, who is treating her.

A case has been registered against Malak at the Kashmore police station under sections 376 (rape), 344 (wrongful confinement), 420 (cheating and dishonesty) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code. It has been registered on behalf of the State.

The police said Malak is a resident of Kashmore and owned land there.

The police are on the lookout for the other two accomplices.

A video of the child, recored by the police, has surfaced, which shows her telling her mother about her ordeal. The mother can be seen crying as the child lifts her trousers and shows her injuries.

New weapons to use in rape cases in Pakistan

If you are ever raped in Pakistan one of the best things you can do is throw the law book at the cops because there have been many important legal changes that can work in your favour.

“A lot of us who have taken the police head on tell them Section this and Section that… [then] see how they take you seriously,” advises Sarah Zaman, a development specialist who headed War Against Rape for six years. “Then they realise that the person they are dealing with knows something and they shouldn’t pick a fight.”

Take for example the fact that a section has been deleted so that now the prosecution cannot bring up a victim’s sexual history during a rape case, which is a change most people are unaware of.

What you need to know has changed:

One of the biggest changes we need to know about is that rape (zina bil jabr) was finally separated from zina (adultery) and was made an offence under the Pakistan Penal Code instead of the Hudood Ordinance. “It stopped unproven cases of rape from being converted into those of fornication or adultery,” according to Bolobhi.org.

This change came about in 2006 as a result of the Protection of Women (Criminal Law Amendment) Act 2006. You will find rape in Section 375 of the Pakistan Penal Code now.

Ten years later, the law was changed again, in 2016, to the Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offense of Rape) Act 2016.

Why was this significant? Since the law was changed, not a single woman has been charged with zina and sent to languish in jail and several rape cases were reported and went to court, according to Farieha Aziz of Bolobhi, writing in Newsline magazine eight years ago.

If a public servant doesn’t do their job in a rape case, they can go to jail

Quote this section: Section 166(2) of the PPC

One of the biggest changes is that if any government servant doesn’t properly investigate a rape case or doesn’t diligently follow it, or doesn’t take the prosecution through to its logical conclusion, they can be sentenced to three years maximum and/or be fined.

“Medico-legal officers are public servants,” said Sarah Zaman. The law applies to a police officer, a jailor, a medical examiner. They are not allowed to intentionally create hurdles, mislead, jeopardise, or defeat an investigation.

“There are many cases where we know the police wallah is not doing his job,” said Zaman. “But we are not invoking the law against this.” People are not aware of the law so they can use it. You can now register a case against such government servants.

If a public official rapes then there is culpability for that too.

Deadlines on cases

Quote this section: Section 344(A), CrPC

A case of or attempt of abduction and kidnapping for illicit intercourse, rape, unnatural offences or sexual abuse must be decided within 3 months, after which it shall be sent to the notice of the Chief Justice of the High Court.

There is a time cap on rape case that they cannot take more than three months. “We looked at the data from Khyber Pakhtunkwa and there was not a single conviction that was given a verdict in three months,” said Zaman. (This sentence previously said ‘case’. It has been corrected to ‘conviction’. Verdicts have been passed and there have been acquittals).

The appeal has to happen in six months. If you factor in the time it takes to prepare an appeal, then any rape case can be wrapped up in a year’s time.

But she added that it was another matter if the rape case is settled out of court. They found that the KP prosecution services report said that 12 out of 38 cases were settled out of court. This was in 2016-2018 from district Nowshera, KP. It was called a “compromise”.

“But we know that compromise was finished from the law in 2006,” said Zaman. “Muafi sullah, muq-muqa, none of this can happen any more.”

Anyone can look up a famous 2013 judgement of the Supreme Court that clearly says this in a Rawalpindi case in which a father took one million rupees in compromise.

You can’t give ID of victims

Quote this section: Section 352, CrPC

Trial to be in camera: Trials of cases of abduction and kidnapping for illicit intercourse, rape, unnatural offences and sexual abuse shall be conducted in camera. An application made by parties, may result in allowing particular persons to have access to or remain in Court. Special measures may be adopted for protection of victim etc. including use of screens, video link etc.

Another thing in the new law is that the victim’s identity will not be disclosed. If there is an alleged rape, not even an FIR, you cannot broadcast the information anywhere, nor can you share any of the information, without explicit permission from the court. (This sentence previously said ‘information’. The correct word was ‘permission).

The trial from day one till the end will be done in camera, meaning in the judge’s chamber or in a private place. The trial includes everything from statements to the cross examination. There are supposed to be screens but this is not always possible in our courtrooms, which are often (but not always) too small. This is a very sobering point to note for the media that jumps to cover rape stories.

Female supervision

Quote this section: Section 164A CrPC

Quote this section: Section 161A CrPC

Right to legal representation: The police officer shall inform the victim of her right to legal representation after recording information of an offence or an attempt of offence.

An Investigation Officer or IO will register the FIR—not a head moharrar, added Zaman. It has to happen in the presence of a female police officer. If a female officer is not available, then it should be done in the presence of a female family member. The police have to maintain a referral directory of lawyers and tell everyone woman in a rape case that she has the right to a lawyer. They have to share their names and their numbers. But as Sarah Zaman pointed out, this system is not in place anywhere

https://www.samaa.tv/news/2020/11/kashmore-man-confesses-to-rape-of-mother-young-daughter/

 

[sjahmed23]

Disgusted beyond belief. True barbaraism.

 

[kingusama92]

That video interviewing the child is beyond depressing.

 

[Giannis]

Electric chair or death by torture squad.

 

[sjahmed23]

Electric chair or death by torture squad.

I don't think torturing them will solve anything. We need to understand this mentality and why it exists. We need to breakdown the psychology of the culprits and people need to understand why they did what they did. Why do such sentiments exist in our society.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

[MENTION=53290]Markhor[/MENTION]

Bro...still no death penalty to rapists?

 

[Zeshan547]

This society is beyond repair, Don't know why doomsday still haven't arrived, i am fed up with humanity.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

That video interviewing the child is beyond depressing.

Link?

 

[Greenstorm]

ASI Muhammad Bux deserves recognition and reward.
He went out of his way, put his own family at risk to save innocent lives and capture that vile, horrible being.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

ASI Muhammad Bux deserves recognition and reward.
He went out of his way, put his own family at risk to save innocent lives and capture that vile, horrible being.

Agreed. This sort of attitude should inspire others what can be achieved by those with a sense of determination and justice. Pakistanis don't just need to whine about how awful things are, they can take things in their own hands and work to get monsters like this apprehended and dealt with.

 

[MenInG]

Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab said on Friday the provincial government would write to the Centre for giving the highest police award to assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Mohammad Bux Buriro for the role he played in arresting a man accused of raping a woman and her minor daughter in Kashmore.

"Without the bravery and courage of the ASI, it would not have been possible to arrest this animal," Wahab said while addressing a press conference in Karachi.

"That is why the Sindh government will write a letter to the Centre recommending that Buriro be given the highest police award — the Quaid-i-Azam Police Medal," he said, adding that the police official would also be given a gallantry award by the provincial government.

The spokesperson's comments come a day after a man was arrested for allegedly subjecting a woman and her minor daughter to rape for two days after duping the former with a job offer in northern Sindh's Kashmore district.

Kashmore police had set up a trap by using a decoy, the daughter of the ASI, who was posted at the same police station.

The victim along with the ASI’s daughter contacted the main suspect over phone and invited him to a hotel where police arrested him. They recovered the the woman's minor child from a private premises on the information provided by the suspect.

During today's press conference, Wahab also recognised the bravery and courage of the ASI's daughter.
"In recognition of her bravery, the Sindh government will speak to the Centre about giving her the highest civil award.

"Further, if she wishes to pursue higher education, the expenses for her studies will be borne by the Sindh government," he said, adding that she will also be given a cash award of Rs1 million.

Commenting on the details of the case, Wahab said the accused had confessed to the crime and his statement had been recorded in front of a magistrate. "DNA samples have been collected and sent to the laboratory. We will receive the reports within the next 24 to 48 hours."

He maintained that the minor victim and her mother have been shifted to Civil Hospital, Larkana, for medical treatment under the directives issued by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.

"If the minor victim is in need of further treatment, the Sindh government will have her shifted to a hospital in Karachi.

"All the expenses for their treatment and rehabilitation will be borne by the Sindh government," Wahab said, adding that the provincial government will also pay for the child's education for as long as she wished to study.

Outrage over incident

According to police, a woman had lodged a complaint at the Kashmore police station on November 10 against the suspect and his associates, claiming they assaulted her. She said she was made to come to Kashmore from Karachi after being promised a job.

According to the woman, she arrived in the city on October 25 along with her four/five-year-old daughter and met the main suspect, who took her to his village where his friend and an unknown person were already present. She claimed that the suspects subjected her to rape over the next two days.

“Later, they kept my daughter in their custody and asked me to go back to Karachi and bring some other woman. They gave me some money as travel expenses and said they will return my daughter to me only when I will do as directed,” she said.

The incident sparked outrage on social media and was condemned by rights activists and politicians. It remained one of the top trends on Twitter in Pakistan and was being posted about with the hashtag 'Kashmore tragedy'.

Comments on Facebook eulogised ASI Buriro for involving his daughter in order to trap the suspect in the case. The police official's photo was also shared on social media to acknowledge his effort.

Kashmore SSP Amjad Ali Shaikh said on Thursday that the police incorporated Section 6/7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 and Section 365 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in the FIR originally registered under Sections 376, 344, 420 and 34 of the PPC and the main suspect was accused of subjecting both, the woman and her minor daughter, to rape.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1590185/s...duo-in-aiding-arrest-of-kashmore-rape-suspect

 

[saeedhk]

Arrested suspect to admitted to raping the 4 year old killed in police encounter.

 

[kingusama92]

Link?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahHxm7X1b98&ab_channel=BaqaNewsNetwork

I'm not sure who thought it was appropriate to have them stand and be recorded like this.

It's become apparent South Asian countries are at least 100 years back as societies.

1) The crime (Absolute barbaric)
2) The recording (Another example of stupidity)
3) The use of civilians as bait because the area doesn't have a single female police officer (Commendable, but absolutely ridiculous professionally)

It's like all sensibility has been drained out of these places even when doing the right thing.

 

[The Viper]

Main suspect in Kashmore mother, daughter gang-rape 'killed by accomplice during encounter': police

The main suspect in the Kashmore gang-rape incident, who was arrested a day earlier, was killed on Friday by his accomplice in an alleged 'encounter' in Kashmore district near the RD-109 area of the Sindh-Balochistan border, police officials told Dawn.com.

According to Larkana Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Nasir Aftab, the main suspect, Rafique Malik, was "killed by the firing of co-accused Khairullah Bugti while he was taken to point out a hideout of his co-accused" in the jurisdiction of Bakhshapur Police Station.

Bugti was later arrested along with the "rifle after exchange of firing", DIG Aftab told Dawn.com via text message.

A day earlier, police had arrested Malik for allegedly subjecting a woman and her minor daughter to rape for two days after duping the former with a job offer in Kashmore district.

At the time, police had said they had arrested the suspect using a trap while an accomplice was still at large.

On Friday, DIG Aftab said that during interrogation, "the accused Rafique Malik disclosed a secret hideout of the remaining accused Khairullah Bugti at a local dargah near Bakhshapur."

"As soon as the accused Rafique Malik along with police reached at the spot, the co-accused Khairullah started firing in which Malik died and co-accused [was] arrested with weapons," the DIG added.

False promise
Malik was suspected of raping a mother and her five-year-old daughter for two days after duping them into travelling to Kashmore from Karachi.

Both the victims hail from Karachi, according to Kashmore police. The woman had met Malik at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in Karachi nearly a week ago, when he had "promised the woman that he would get her a job at Kashmore Toll Plaza and she readily agreed”, a policeman said.

The woman arrived in Kashmore over the past weekend and met Malik. Two days later, she approached Kashmore police, alleging that he had raped her after she reached his residence, and he then handed her over to another man — Khairullah Bugti — living near the Sindh-Balochistan border. That man also allegedly raped the woman, according to a police officer.

The woman told police that the suspect held her minor daughter hostage, saying he would only let her go when she brought him another woman from Karachi. According to police, the suspect also gave her some money to cover her travelling expenses.

The trap
Kashmore police then devised a ploy to nab the suspect.

“Our ASI (assistant sub-inspector) Mohammad Bux Buriro persuaded his wife to talk to the suspect over phone which she did. Then the woman from Karachi and the ASI’s daughter waited in a park in Kashmore where the suspect was scheduled to meet them,” said Kashmore Station House Officer (SHO) Akbar Channa.

As soon as the suspect arrived there, police apprehended him, according to the SSP. He then led police to a cattle pen where he had kept the young girl. “The girl told police that he had subjected her to criminal assault,” the police officer said.

Read: Sindh govt lauds bravery of cop-daughter duo in aiding arrest of Kashmore rape suspect

He explained that the trap was arranged and police needed a woman for this purpose so the suspect would be tricked into thinking the victim had brought another woman as he had desired. “Otherwise it would have been difficult to lay hands on him,” he said.

A case was registered against the two men on Tuesday on the complaint of Kashmore police under Sections 376 (punishment of rape), 344 (wrongful confinement for ten or more days), 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code. Besides the two suspects, one unidentified person was also nominated in the case by police.

Later on Thursday, SSP Kashmore Amjad Ali Shaikh had said that Bugti had also subjected the woman to rape but spared her daughter.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1590201/m...-killed-by-accomplice-during-encounter-police

 

[Abdullah719]

Utterly disgusting. Human filth.

 

[Bewal Express]

This is evil but after the crimes in Kasur and other similar, its not a shock or surprise anymore. I salute the Police officer for his bravery for going against type but the CJ system is broken beyond repair, where anyone with any money can buy out of their crimes.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahHxm7X1b98&ab_channel=BaqaNewsNetwork

I'm not sure who thought it was appropriate to have them stand and be recorded like this.

It's become apparent South Asian countries are at least 100 years back as societies.

1) The crime (Absolute barbaric)
2) The recording (Another example of stupidity)
3) The use of civilians as bait because the area doesn't have a single female police officer (Commendable, but absolutely ridiculous professionally)

It's like all sensibility has been drained out of these places even when doing the right thing.

ok gotcha.

ASI's daughter did a great job.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Spoke to ASI Buriro lauding his & his daughter's exemplary initiative & courage in arrest of Kashmore rapist. The nation is proud of them & he has given positive uplift to image of police. Next week we are bringing a stringent, holistic anti-rape Ordinance closing all loopholes.</p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1327486611316240389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[MenInG]

KARACHI: The four-year-old Kashmore gang-rapevictim's injuries are "serious and highly infected', said doctors treating her, after the minor was admitted to the National Institute of Child Health on Saturday.

In a ghastly incident that shocked the entire country, a Karachi woman and her daughter were allegedly gang-raped by men in Kashmore. The woman travelled to the city from Karachi after she was duped by the main suspect on a job offer.

The minor victim was admitted to the NICH after initial treatment and surgery at the Chandka Medical College Hospital.

Director NICH Professor Jamal Raza said the girl was being kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) without a ventilator.

“The four-year-old girl from Kashmore was shifted to the NICH in the early hours of this morning. She was initially operated at Larkana and subsequently, due to respiratory distress, a chest tube was [was passed through her to provide breathing relief].

"She is currently stable and is being kept in the ICU without a ventilator,” he told The News. He added, however, that the child was in a state of shock.

Raza said that the injuries of the victim were serious and highly infected, adding that she was initially examined by the surgical team at the operation theatre. He said the wounds were cleaned and managed.

“There is evidence of contamination and severe infection for which medications are being given. There is no urgent surgical procedure required now and we will try to control the infections and review the situation,” he added.

Dr Raza said a medical board comprising surgeons and specialists has been formed to treat the victim. He said that if required, the help of gynecologists and other Karachi medical specialists from other health facilities will be sought.

Kashmore gang-rape case: Main suspect killed by accomplice, say police

The prime suspect in the Kashmore gang-rape — wherein multiple men had sexually abused a woman and her child — was killed by an accomplice on Friday evening, police had disclosed.

Read more: Kashmore gang-rape main suspect killed

According to Larkana's deputy inspector-general (DIG) of police, Nasir Aftab, the main suspect who was arrested following the Kashmore gang-rape — identified as Rafiq Ahmed Malik — was shot dead by an accomplice as police drove him to one of the various suspected locations he had identified earlier.

Kashmore's senior superintendent of police (SSP), Amjad Shaikh, explained that during the interrogation, Rafiq had disclosed some of the locations of Khairullah Bugti, identified as the second suspect in the child abuse case, and demanded that he be taken to catch the absconding man.

As security officers reached the RD-09 police station near Bakhshapur, Bugti had opened fire at them from his hideout and killed Rafiq. Police were able to detain the second suspect, Shaikh said, and recovered weapons from his possession

 

[The Viper]

Kashmore ASI, family awarded Rs2m for 'exemplary initiative' in arresting rape suspect

Sindh police, civil society members and government dignitaries on Monday paid tribute to Kashmore Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Mohammad Bux Buriro and his family for the "exemplary initiative" they undertook to recover a child who had been sexually assaulted as well as to catch the main suspect of the case.

In a ceremony, held at the Central Police Office in Karachi, Sindh inspector general of police announced a cash reward of Rs2 million for the ASI and his family.

Last week, police had managed to nab a man suspected of raping a woman and her minor daughter for two days after duping the former with a job offer in northern Sindh's Kashmore district.

The victim had told police that the suspect had raped her after she reached his residence, and he then handed her over to another man living near the Sindh-Balochistan border. That man also allegedly raped the woman, according to Kashmore Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amjad Ali Shaikh.

She said that the suspect held her five-year-old daughter hostage, saying he would only let her go when she brought him another woman from Karachi. According to police, the suspect also gave her some money to cover her travelling expenses.

In order to trap the suspect, ASI Burriro persuaded his wife to talk to the man over the phone. Later, his daughter, along with the victim, waited in a park in Kashmore where the suspect was scheduled to meet them. The suspect was apprehended by the police as soon as he arrived and led police to a cattle pen where he had kept the young girl.

ASI Burriro, while narrating the incident at the ceremony today, was overcome with emotion.

Sindh IGP Mushtaq Mahar also lauded the official and said that many police officials had sacrificed their lives in the line of service, Burriro's case was "unique" as the ASI not only overcame cultural boundaries of Kashmore's tribal areas but also risked his daughter's safety in order to save the minor victim and catch the suspect.

IGP Mahar said that he would recommend the government to award the ASI with the prestigious Tamgha-i-Shujaat, while his daughter, who had helped the police lay out a trap for the suspect, to be awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz.

“I have served the police for 32 years but this is a moment of pride for me,” Mahar said.

Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab also attended the ceremony on behalf of Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, who is currently in isolation after contracting Covid-19.

Speaking on the occasion, Wahab commended ASI Burriro and his family and said that society should emulate the same values shown by the police official. He also urged IGP Mahar to set up a team of police officers to deal with cases of gender-based violence.

District Inspector General (Administration) Amin Yousufzai said that the event was historic as such ceremonies were usually only held for senior officials.

“ASI Mohammed Bux may be junior in ranks but he is bigger than us in terms of sacrifice and humanity,” he said.

Earlier, when the ASI and his family arrived at the venue, a police band presented a salute. The salute was also presented to other police officers namely Deputy Superintendent Mohammed Panah, Inspector Khero, Habibullah Mahar, Malik Ghulam Abbas, Nadir Husain and Himat Ali who also took part in recovery of the minor girl and arrest of the suspects.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1590721/k...xemplary-initiative-in-arresting-rape-suspect