School principal arrested for 'rape bid'

KARACHI: A principal of a private school in Orangi Town, Karachi has been arrested for trying to sexually assault a 10^th-grade female student, ARY News reported citing First Information Report (FIR).

A case has been registered at Iqbal Market police station against the principal after a complaint was filed by the sister of the female students. After the registration of the FIR, the police arrested the suspect.

According to the complainant, the school principal used to send obscene messages to her sister.

“The school principal called my sister to his office on June 1 where he attempted to rape her. The principal had also threatened to fail my sister in the exam if she didn’t comply,” the FIR read.

The complainant said that her sister is a 10th-grade student and was silent due to fear. The police arrested the accused and started the investigation.

Earlier, the Karachi police arrested three suspects for attempting to rape a schoolgirl and making a video in the Malir Jafar Tayyar area.

According to the details, the victim schoolgirl went to her friend’s residence where some boys attempted to rape her and film the incident.

The police said that the suspects made a video of the victim and were threatening to viral it. A case of attempted rape and blackmailing has been reported.

The case was registered at the Malir City police station and arrested the suspects, who had the video in their mobile phones.