Islamabad: Greater than 900 people, together with ladies, had been kidnapped, and 152 had been sexually assaulted or molested in Pakistan’s Karachi in 2024, in response to a report by Daybreak.
Not less than 891 kidnapping circumstances and 152 situations of rape or unnatural offences had been recorded in the course of the yr. He reported that the kidnapping victims included 483 ladies (principally youngsters), 306 males and boys, and 150 ladies. Out of the 891 kidnappings, 267 occurred within the Soan Zone, 214 within the Saddar Zone, 204 within the Rural Zone, 127 within the Metropolis Zone, and 79 within the Industrial Space Zone.
5 circumstances had been filed beneath part 365-A of the PPC (kidnapping or abduction for the aim of extorting property), involving the kidnapping of 4 males and two females for ransom, the report mentioned. As well as, 413 circumstances had been filed beneath part 365B (kidnapping, abducting, or persuading a girl to compel her to marry, and many others.), with 413 ladies because the victims. Moreover, there have been 249 circumstances beneath part 365 (kidnapping or abduction with the intent to secretly and wrongfully confine an individual), involving the kidnapping of 242 males and 25 females.
The report additional reported equally, that 60 circumstances had been registered beneath part 364-A (kidnapping or abducting an individual beneath 14 years), with 44 males and 18 females as victims. Moreover, seven circumstances had been filed beneath part 363 (punishment for kidnapping), and eight circumstances had been registered beneath part 364 (kidnapping or abduction with the intent to homicide), involving the kidnapping of seven males and one feminine.
Likewise, 150 circumstances beneath part 496-A (attractive, taking away, or detaining a girl with prison intent) had been associated to the kidnapping of 145 married ladies. Moreover, 4 circumstances had been filed beneath part 496 (fraudulent bridal ceremony and not using a lawful marriage), with 4 married ladies as victims, whereas one married lady was kidnapped, and the case was registered beneath part 496B (fornication).
The police additionally recorded 152 circumstances of sexual assault, involving 152 victims, together with 77 ladies and 6 ladies. Of the 51 rape incidents, 51 had been reported within the Soan Zone, 34 in each the Saddar and Rural zones, 18 within the Metropolis Zone, and 15 within the Industrial Space Zone. There have been 133 incidents of rape (one registered beneath part 375, 25 beneath 275A, 105 beneath 376, and one every beneath 376A and 376C). Out of the entire, 25 had been gang rape incidents and 4 had been dedicated at gunpoint by which 69 ladies and 6 ladies had been the victims. In addition to, 53 males/boys had been sexually assaulted.
Moreover, there have been 23 circumstances of unnatural offences as properly, with eight ladies and 13 boys being the victims. In a single rape case reported on the Margalla police station, investigation officers, together with different police personnel and a medico-legal officer from Pims, tampered with and destroyed proof by altering the blood samples of the rape suspect.
Following this, the Margalla police filed a case in December in opposition to seven people, together with three law enforcement officials, the MLO, and a Pims worker, after they had been discovered responsible in an inquiry based mostly on a grievance from the sufferer.
In a separate incident, a police officer kidnapped two minors, held them captive, and sexually assaulted them in September. A case was subsequently filed on the Margalla police station.
