Boy molested in Nowshera, accused arrested

NOWSHERA: Three accused on Monday allegedly sexually molested a grade-9 student at gunpoint, police said.Niqab Shah told the cops of the Akbarpura Police Station that he belonged to a poor family and used to work as daily wager at a dairy farm.

He said some friends used to visit him at the dairy farm but his employer Zahid directed him to stop his friends from visiting him there. The boy said the employer sacked him after herefused to do so.

The boy alleged that Zahid had sent three gunmen after him who first tortured him and later sexually molested him at gunpoint. He said they recorded the incident on a cellphone. He said the accused also threatened to kill him if he told the police about the incident.

Fazal Khuda, father of the affected boy, asked Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to provide justice to the family.The cops of Akbarpura police arrested the three accused Abid, Basit and Zahid and started further investigation.

Meanwhile, the residents took out a protest rally against the incident and blocked the Grand Trunk Road in Taru Jabba.The speakers said that they were not satisfied with the investigation and demanded carrying out medical examination of the victim boy. They later dispersed after the police assured them a transparent investigation into the incident.