MARDAN, Jan 29 (TNS): A nine-year-old was allegedly raped in Mardan’s Kharki area on Sunday, the police said.
Police have arrested a suspect over the alleged rape of a nine-year-old in Mardan’s Kharki area here on Sunday.
According to a statement recorded with the police, the third-grader was standing outside her house when the accused man signaled her toward him.
He then took her to a sugarcane field and raped her, the minor told the police.
SHO Kharki Police Station Khan Muhammad has said that a case has been registered against the accused and an investigation is underway.
The case comes soon after the brutal rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab from Kasur and three-year-old Aasma from Zainab gained widespread attention and sparked protests across the country.
