LOWER DIR: The police on Friday arrested a senior civil judge, Jamshed Kundi, for allegedly raping a woman at his official residence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Dir district.
Lower Dir District Police Officer (DPO) Irfanullah Khan has confirmed the arrest and stated that the victim, a resident of Chitral, was recovered from the judge’s residence.
Later, the Peshawar High Court (PHC) suspended the civil judge, while a judicial magistrate sent him on a one-day physical remand in police custody. Meanwhile, the local police have shifted the woman to hospital for medico-legal formalities.
Earlier on Thursday, a first information report (FIR) was registered against the judge at Balambat police station on the victim’s complaint. Jamshed Kundi has been charged under Section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
The FIR, quoted the complainant as saying that, the judge had demanded Rs1.5 million from her three months ago on account of getting her sister a job. It added that since she did not have said amount, she gave her gold jewellery worth Rs1.5m to the judicial officer.
However, the judge called her on the morning of November 25, and told her that he had not been able to get her sister a job, according to the FIR. He asked her to accompany him to the Balambat area in Lower Dir so that he could return her money.
According to the FIR, the woman went to the judge’s official residence with him where he first served her tea and then asked for sexual favours. Upon the complainant’s refusal, he raped her, the FIR said, adding that he did not return the money either.
Meanwhile, police presented the officer before a judicial magistrate, Essa Khan, who sent him on a one-day physical remand in police custody.
