KARACHI:A judicial magistrate on Wednesday recorded the statement of an American woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted at her apartment in Defence Housing Authority (DHA).
Police arrested a teenage boy on suspicion of raping the woman at her apartment in DHA Phase VI on July 17.
State prosecutor Abdul Razzaq Gujjar told Dawn that the investigating officer brought the victim before Judicial Magistrate (South) Saima Katto, who recorded her statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and sealed it.
Meanwhile, following the expiry of the suspect’s initial remand, the investigating officer produced him before Judicial Magistrate (South) Muzammil Ali Soomro.
The investigating officer informed the court that the suspect’s ossification test had been conducted and that the report was expected within three to four days.
The prosecutor told Dawn that police had retained the suspect in custody on transit remand because the relevant judge was unavailable at the time. He added that the suspect would be produced before the relevant court on July 23.
A case was registered at the Darakhshan police station under Section 376 (rape) of the Pakistan Penal Code. – Dawn/ANN
