Lodhran 'faith-healer' allegedly rapes woman who came for hepatitis treatment

GEO NEWS
February 07, 2020

Survivor claimed the alleged rapist drugged her by giving her water mixed with some intoxicant before sexually abusing her

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LODHRAN: A pir — or 'faith-healer' — allegedly raped a woman who had gone to him for hepatitis treatment here in the city's Chak 356/WB village, a police official said Thursday.

According toLodhran SHO Ameer Ahmed, the survivor alleged that she had gone to the faith-healer in the hopes that he could give her a spiritual treatment forhepatitis. However, he drugged her by giving her water mixed with someintoxicant before sexually abusing her.

The alleged rapist was booked and arrested after the survivor's complaint, police confirmed, adding that further action would be taken after the woman's medical test was conducted.


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