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Pakistan village council punishes rapist`s sister
A village council (Panchayat) in Punjab province has ordered a suspected rapists sister to marry the rape survivors husband as a punishment, it was reported n Monday.
Islamabad: A village council (Panchayat) in Punjab province has ordered a suspected rapists sister to marry the rape survivors husband as a punishment, it was reported n Monday.
The 14-year-old was married to the rape survivor`s husband upon the Panchayat`s orders in Chichawatni, a Geo TV report said.
According to the police, Rafique Ahmad allegedly raped a married woman.
Following this, few members from the woman`s family came to Rafique`s residence and took along at gun point his 14-year-old sister.
The girl was then forced to marry the rape survivor`s husband at a local landlord`s property.
Police registered a case against 10 suspects, including the head of the Panchayat.
The police arrested five of the suspects and sent them to the prison, whereas five others secured bail from a court.
Last week, in a horrific incident in Multan members of a panchayat ordered the rape of a 16-year-old girl as punishment for a rape allegedly committed by her brother.