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KARACHI: Three accused, who had sexually assaulted a teenage boy for the last six months in Skardu-Baltistan and filmed the 'unnatural offence' have been arrested by the local police on Sunday, a day after the scandal broke out on the social media. They would be tried by the court established under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), police said. First Information Report (FIR) No-54/20 has been registered in City Police Station Skardu, the capital of Baltistan Region.

SP Skardu Muhammad Ishaq told Business Recorder on phone that the accused would be tried by an Anti-Terrorist court. Multiple sections of the Pakistan Penal Code: 34, 506, 367, 377, 365, 503, and 384 have been included.

"We have recovered many videos of sexual intercourse from the possession of the under arrest accused identified as Muzafar Abbas, son of Ghulam Abbas, Mubarak Ali, son of Ghulam Mehdi and Tajamul Hussain, son of Mosa Ali, residents of Krisma Thang Olding," SP said, adding they are being moved to Gilgit city tonight, where they would be produced before the Anti terrorist court on Monday (today).

After taking permission from the court, the accused would be brought back to Skardu for on a 14-day police remand, he said.

While quoting the victim Shujaat Ali's father Asghar, son of Naseeb Ali, a permanent resident of Union Council Gultari Shakhma, the SP said the accused had been sexually assaulted his teenage son and filmed the crime and used it to blackmail the child, besides taking money from him for the last five to six months.

A complaint lodged to the police by the victim said the distressed boy who works in a vegetable shop attempted to commit suicide after being subjected to the crime, this extreme step led to know his parents the actual case. The boy was also receiving life threatening calls from the accused. It said the accused had also physically tortured and extorted money, threatening the child with releasing of a video clip of him being sexually harassed.

The victim family has urged the court to ensure speedy justice, besides punishing the accused as early as possible. The family has also requested the force commander Gilgit-Baltistan, and 62 brigade District Skardu to play their role to ensure justice.

SSP Skardu has requested DIG Baltistan to approach Secretary Home GB for constitution of JIT. An officer not below the rank of SSP will be Chairman, while each officer will be the member of JIT from ISI, IB, and MI.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020

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