Students rally after a rape is reported on social media over the weekend.
Published On 15 Oct 2024
Students in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore have continued their demonstrations after reports of a rape on a college school.
Tuesday’s presentations, consistingof staging an antiharassment rally, came a day after demonstrations were held on 2 schools of the college, which has giventhat been shut down by the provincial federalgovernment. At least 28 trainees were hurt in clashes with cops on Monday.
Protests emerged in Lahore after reports spread online that a trainee was raped by a security guard at a Punjab College for Women school.
The event was veryfirst shared on social media over the weekend. Varying accounts state that the rape took location on Thursday or Friday night in a school basement.
According to the college, the victim has not been determined since no one hasactually come forward to lodge a official grievance, including that no event hasactually been reported to the authorities and incorrect info has spread online.
On Monday, cops likewise atfirst dismissed the online reports as “false” however lateron stated a guard hadactually been implicated of a rape, was in custody and an examination was under method.
On Tuesday, authorities onceagain called on individuals with “any details relatingto the declared rape”