Cruel! Woman Sentence To Death For Being Raped By Her Cousin At Gunpoint

A 19-year-old Pakistan woman, has been flogged with a death sentence after she was raped by her cousin at gunpoint. The victim was raped while sleeping at her family home in Rajanpur in Pakistan central punjab province.

She had reported the incident to panchayat, a local court that operates outside the official justice system in rural Pakistan. Instead of justice, the group turned on her accusing her of seducing her attacker.

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Named only as Shumaila, the woman said: “I could not raise an alarm as Ahmed (her attacker) was holding a gun. But the panchayat refused to accept my statement and declared that I wilfully slept with him.”

Reports from Pakistan's Express Tribune assert the panchayat, which includes the alleged attacker's dad, found the victim guilty of infidelity, branding her a "kari" or adulteress. 

As indicated by local media, Shumaila was then sentenced to death by stoning, a verdict she could spare herself from in the event that she consented to be sold off. 

No move was made against the alleged attacker, named locally as Khalil Ahmed. 

Dreading for her life, Shumaila, alongside her dad, swung to nearby police for help. 

An investigation has been propelled into her ordeal, and a search warrant has been issued for members of the tribal council. 

An arrest warrant has additionally been issued Ahmed.

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Women proclaimed "Kari" are regularly executed by their own families in purported respect killings as a major aspect of endeavors to reestablish their reputation. 

Keeping in mind the end goal to protect the victim from all parties, police say she has been given asylum at an administration run safe house for women.