Rawalpindi woman seeking divorce from husband 'raped' by own lawyer

RAWALPINDI: In a shocking incident, a lawyer 'raped' his female client who hired him to seek divorce from her husband.

The victim has filed a case against lawyer, Advocate Iftikhar Hussain, in Civil Lines police station while teams have been constituted to arrest the suspect.

The complainant alleged that the lawyer sexually assaulted her on the pretext of marriage. She said the suspect had first called her to Kachahri and raped her forcefully.

The alleged victim said she came into contact with Advocate Iftikhar in a case related to her divorce from her husband.

“The lawyer had promised to marry me after the divorce and he had been raping her on Kachahri premises and at different places on pretext of marriage,” she said.

The woman has demanded justice form the concerned authorities.