Lahore child rape: Accused confesses to crime

LAHORE: The horrific story of the five-year-old girl raped in Lahore became the subject of national headlines leading to protest rallies across Pakistan demanding justice.

Several months and numerous arrests later, the police remained clueless as to who carried out the attack.

However, now it seems that the crime may be solved. A man accused of committing robbery confessed to investigators that he along with an accomplice had subjected the child to the brutal act.

The accused told police that he had parked his car at a garage and along with his accomplice spotted the child. The two abducted the child and raped her in the car. He added that the child was left outside the hospital due to her deteriorating condition.

The police are carrying out raids for the arrest of the second man and have taken his wife and sister into custody.

The five-year-old was raped and left outside the Ganga Ram Hospital on September 13, 2013.