In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, three men lured a college boy to a riverbank, allegedly tried to sexually assault him and ended up videotaping the boy in an unclothed state after which they blackmailed him, reported Dawn.
At police station Dandai, an initial complaint was filed invoking sections 377 (unnatural offence), 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or a shorter term), and 506/34 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
According to the FIR, last Friday, the victim was approached by the suspects, whom he was acquainted with. The suspects purportedly enticed the victim under the guise of escorting him to a riverbank before making sexual advances towards him. However, the victim resisted, reported Dawn.
However, the suspects recorded the victim naked and issued threats to expose the footage and harm him if he reported the incident.
Station House Officer (SHO) Dandai, Muhammad Arif Khan, informed that the trio implicated in the FIR were arrested, with further interrogation ongoing.
As per the FIR, the victim was referred to the tehsil headquarters hospital in Bisham for medical examination.
Data collected by Sahil, an NGO committed to addressing child sexual abuse, shows a disturbing trend. The majority of abusers are people known to the victims, such as acquaintances, neighbours, or even family members.
According to Dawn, religious teachers and clerics emerge as the main perpetrators within institutional settings, surpassing even cops, school teachers, or nuclear family members in the number of complaints filed against them.