Gilgit: The Gilgit-Baltistan police has punished two female police officers for helping a rape victim to lodge a case against the accused.
“The two female police officers were called into the police station where the Station House Officer (SHO) told them to persuade the family of the victim for a compromise,” a local police official who was present at the police station told the local media on conditions of anonymity.
He said the SHO threatened the two female police officers that they would lose their jobs if they fail to persuade the family for a compromise.
“A senior police officer who just recently retired told the female officers that he would send them to prison,” the source said.
“He (the retired officer) said you Inspector General (IG) is a very good friend of mine and I still have influence in the department and I will make sure you go to prison for life,” the source said quoting the retired police officer.
Another source said one of the lady police officer was in the firing range when she was summoned to the police station.
He said the SHO threatened that he would charge the lady officer for carrying a gun to the police station if she refuses.
“When she said she was coming from the firing range, the retired officer told the SHO to write a report against the lady officer for aiming a gun at the victim,” the second police official said.
“I was astonished, the SHO laughed and told the female officer that she was under arrest for aiming a gun at the victim,” the official said.
According to multiple first hand accounts, the two female police officers were locked in the police station till late midnight where they were forced to persuade or call the family to the police station late night for a compromise.
A young girl in her early twenties was abducted and taken to a deserted location at the outskirts of Giglit city where she was repeatedly raped by three men.
The accused had made video clips on cellphone while raping the victim.
One of the accused, in custody had confessed to raping young girls and making video clips of them on sectarian grounds.
