Teen girl’s abduction-assault culprits arrested in Jhang

The police in Jhang have arrested all the accused who were involved in abducting and sexually assaulting a teenaged girl student, and later brought her in semi-conscious condition to a hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.

The 17-year-old girl student, identified as Ishal Fatima, has died at the District Headquarters Hospital after being allegedly abducted from the Sultan Colony area of Jhang and sexually assaulted.

Police said the girl was abducted and later found in a critical condition at the hospital. The accused left the girl at the hospital and fled. The girl died during treatment.

Police with the help of CCTV footage identified all the four accused and acting swiftly arrested all of them.

The investigators arrested accused Khalilur Rehman, Hamesh Jogi, Hassan Koriana and Haseeb Khan during late-night raids.

The police also took into its custody the car which was used for bringing the girl to the hospital.

The deceased girl’s father has lodged a case of abduction and also decided to include sections relating to murder and other series offences.

The police also collected samples of the medicines given to the girl and other evidence from the hospital.

Police and CCD personnel were now on the hunt to arrest the facilitators of the accused.

جھنگ ایشال فاطمہ کیس سی سی ڈی جھنگ نے ایک سٹوڈنٹ کو پکڑ لیا دوسرے کی تلاش جاری زرائع#Jhang #EshalFatimaCase #CCDJhang #JusticeForEshalFatima #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/Zq6yTG2gIK

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High-profile case

Meanwhile, Prosecutor General Punjab Syed Farhad Ali Shah took notice of the incident, terming it a high-profile case.

The prosecutor general has summoned the investigation officer along with complete record of the case on June 11.

Reporters Muhammad Ramzan Mirza and Malik Ashraf