Six Jacobabad Policemen Suspended and Arrested in Teen’s Custodial Rape Case

Overview

• An SSP-led inquiry, initiated on directives from the Sindh IGP, identified six officers accused of assaulting a 17-year-old while she was held at RD-52 police station in Taluka Thul.
• The officers were suspended and arrested, with the SSP stating the attack occurred the night the station house officer was absent.
• A preliminary medical examination at Thul Taluka Hospital confirmed sexual assault, and DNA samples were collected for testing.
• A First Information Report filed by the victim’s grandmother names six policemen under Sections 375-A (rape), 344 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
• District and Sessions Judge Syed Sharafuddin Shah has taken notice and issued notices to parties, while the family and civil society representatives reject aspects of the FIR and allege the SHO is being shielded, along with claims of coercion and looting during the raid.