MULTAN: In Multan’s Shujaabad district four armed men allegedly ganged-raped a bride and stole five tolas of gold and about Rs125,000 in cash, police said on Wednesday.
The robbers entered the house of a newly married couple in the Mochipura neighbourhood and held the household hostage at gunpoint for two hours, the police relayed.
“They beat up the groom and allegedly subjected the bride to sexual abuse,” a police official said, “three of them were clad in police uniforms. They made off with five tolas of jewellery and Rs125,000 in cash.”
On getting information, a contingent of Shujaabad police personnel reached the spot of the crime and began collecting evidence.
The police said the couple had been taken to a hospital where the woman will undergo a medical examination to ascertain whether she was sexually abused by the armed men.
