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FIR Filed, Prime Suspect Arrested in Karachi Teen’s Abduction-Rape Case

Political pressure triggered action after the family reported police indifference.

Overview

  • Police registered a case under Sections 365, 376 and 506 after PPP lawmaker Dr Shahida Rahmani engaged senior officials.
  • Investigators arrested primary suspect Shahi Sardar and are searching for a fugitive accomplice.
  • IGP Javed Alam Odho suspended and demoted the Gulshan-e-Maymar SHO for delaying the FIR and mishandling the complaint.
  • Police said Sardar, a former residential union head where the girl worked, allegedly targeted her after her family declined his bid to employ her.
  • The 17-year-old domestic worker reported being abducted, taken to a deserted area and raped at gunpoint, as provincial authorities arranged medical care and legal support.