2 men arrested for allegedly raping disabled teenage girl in Muzaffargarh

Two men have been arrested on charges of raping a deaf-mute and mentally disabled girl in Punjab’s Muzaffargarh district, police said on Thursday.

They said the incident happened in the Rohilanwali area on August 4, adding that the suspects were apprehended within 24 hours of the incident.

The police said that 17-year-old girl was assaulted by one of the suspects in the fields.

According to an FIR, the victim’s brother said that his sister was born deaf-mute and mentally disabled.

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He said that the girl went out of the house to relieve herself in the fields on August 4, adding that the suspect caught her and assaulted her under a tree.

Later, two passers-by who heard the victim's voice caught the suspect abusing the girl. However, he managed to flee the scene.

The FIR has been registered at the Rohilanwali police station under Sections 109 (punishment for abetment) and 376 (punishment for rape of a minor) of the Pakistan Penal Code.