Inmate 'gang raped' in Rawalpindi's Adiala jail
Earlier in January, an under-trial prisoner was strangled to death before being subjected to sexual abuse
RAWALPINDI: In yet another incident of sexual abuse, a prisoner was allegedly subjected to gang rape by two of his fellow inmates in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.
Rehan Khan, the victim, lodged an FIR with Saddar Bairooni Police Station, saying that two of his fellow inmates subjected him to gang-rape on the night of May 18 at the barrack.
Narrating his ordeal, Rehan, a resident of Peshawar, said that the police personnel from Shalimar police station in Islamabad took him into custody in a case on January 25 and shifted him to Rawalpindi Jail.
The incident took place at 11pm, Rehan said, adding that he informed the deputy superintendent of jail about the sexual assault.
The jail officer told him that he would produce him before the jail superintendent the next day.
The next day, the victim said that he was produced before a court in Islamabad, where he was acquitted after completing the jail term. After the court’s verdict, Rehan said that he was released with immediate effect.
Later, the victim of sexual abuse approached the police and get registered his complaint at the Rawalpindi police station against the two suspects.
According to the police officers, they were probing the incident and collecting the evidence in this regard.
Earlier in January, an under-trial prisoner was strangled to death before being subjected to sexual abuse by four inmates.