GUJRAT: An 11-year-old student of a madressah (seminary) was allegedly gang-raped by his four fellow students, who also recorded a video of the episode, at Kotla Qasim Kham village in Lalamusa Saddar police precincts.

The police claimed to have arrested all the four suspects aged between 13 and 16 years.

Nawaz Gujjar of Thargla village lodged a complaint with the police that his grandson ‘Z’ had been staying and studying at a seminary at Kotla Qasim Khan village for the last one year.

He said that when he went to visit his grandson at the seminary on Sunday, he was not present in his room. He said that during the search for the boy, he heard his screams from another room of the seminary. He said that when he opened the door, he saw that his grandson was being raped by one of the students, while three others were recording a video.

Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case against the four minor suspects under sections 375A and 290 of Pakistan Penal Code and started investigation.

A spokesman for Gujrat police says that all the four suspects had been arrested by Lalamusa Saddar police.

SUSPECT HELD: Kamoke Saddar police claimed to have arrested an injured suspect, who had allegedly attempted to rape a mentally challenged woman and later escaped from their custody.

A spokesman for Gujranwala police says that the suspect, ‘A’, was in police custody for allegedly attempting to rape a mentally challenged woman. He says that the suspect was being taken to a place for the arrest of a co-accused, when his armed accomplices allegedly opened fire on the police team.

During the firing, the suspect managed to escape from the police van, after which the police launched a search operation and arrested him in an injured condition.

The police have registered a case against the suspect and his fleeing accomplices and started investigation.

Published in Dawn, July 21st, 2026