Islamabad July 31 (IANS) A village council (Panchayat) in Punjab province has ordered a suspected rapists sister to marry the rape survivors husband as a punishment it was reported n Monday.
The 14-year-old was married to the rape survivor s husband upon the Panchayat s orders in Chichawatni a Geo TV report said.
According to the police Rafique Ahmad allegedly raped a married woman.
Following this few members from the woman s family came to Rafique s residence and took along at gun point his 14-year-old sister.
The girl was then forced to marry the rape survivor s husband at a local landlord s property.
Police registered a case against 10 suspects including the head of the Panchayat.
The police arrested five of the suspects and sent them to the prison whereas five others secured bail from a court.
Last week in a horrific incident in Multan members of a panchayat ordered the rape of a 16-year-old girl as punishment for a rape allegedly committed by her brother.
--IANS
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