PUNJAB: A 19-year-old girl was abducted and gang-raped after being blackmailed over inappropriate video in Punjab’s Khanpur, sources said on Saturday.
According to sources, four men identified as Tauqir, Kala alias Haji, Mumtaz and Fida Hussain recorded an ‘inappropriate’ video of the girl.
Sources further said that the accused started blackmailing the girl and demanded Rs 90, 000 to delete the footage. The police said that an FIR has been registered against the accused but no arrests have been made so far.
In the FIR, the girl stated that upon reaching the spot to handover the money, she was abducted and then sexually assaulted for seven days. The girl was then dumped in a field and the accused fled from the scene, according to the FIR.
Sexual violence against women is on the rise in the country with several cases reported on a daily basis. Earlier, the Punjab police department had said more than 2500 rape cases reported in the province during the last eight months of the current year.
According to a report issued by the Punjab Police, the crime rate in Punjab increased by 14 percent in the province during the ongoing year as compared to the previous year.
More than 328, 00 rape cases were reported in different areas of the province during the last eight months, according to data compiled by the police department.
The report said more than 160 murder cases were reported from January 01 till August 10, while the robbery was reported 11,587 times in Punjab.
During the last eight months, 22 cases of ransom kidnapping and 2523 cases of rape were registered in the province. The report said that 132 cases of gang-rape were registered during the current year.
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