Okara rape victim threatens to immolate herself if justice not served

OKARA: A rape victim woman in Okara has threatened to immolate herself if justice was not served to her, ARY News reported.

On refusing to work for a landlord as a housemaid, he brought the woman to his guesthouse (dera), cut her hair and physically abused her.

The landlord along his abettors tortured and raped the woman for seven days and threw her on the railway track and fled from the scene.

Sehar Bibi has lodged an FIR at Baseerpura police station, however the perpetrators could not be arrested so far.

She has sought help from the chief justice of Pakistan and said if justice was not served to her she would immolate herself along her children by setting on fire.

Separately, an FIR has been lodged against unknown culprits for attempting to rape a minor girl in Lahore.

The suspects allegedly lured the eight-year-old girl with chocolate and abducted her from Badami Bagh area.

Father of the victim claimed that the suspects raped the girl in a washroom at the local market.