A female student Marjan from Bahahuddin Zakria University's "Saraiki Department on Wednesday levelled allegations of sexual abuse against her professor Muhammad Ajmal Mahaar and a fellow student, South Punjab News reported.
She told that Mahaar took her to his residence for a meeting with his wife but there was no female inmate in the home.Then he overpowered her and sexually abused her.
The girl approached police along with her father and informed that she had reported her ordeal to the vice-chancellor of the university Prof.Dr. Muhammad Tahir Amin a year ago when the incident happened, but the administration failed to take any action against the accused.The culprit was neither investigated nor suspended and administration provided him opportunities to play with the modesty of the female students.
She also alleged that both the accused persons had filmed her while raping her. On the basis of the tapes, she said, she was being blackmailed. The girl accused that a professor of Saraiki department had invited her to his home for a meeting with his wife, but she was raped when she reached there.She nominated six persons in her report and alleged that they all blackmailed her.
Gulgasht SP Imran Jalil told South Punjab News that the incident was being probed and a case would be filed after an initial investigation. The SP shifted the girl to the Women Protection Centre in Multan, where her medical test would be conducted and she would also be provided with legal assistance.
Police on Wednesday started investigation into the allegations of a student of Bahauddin Zakariya University.
The girl alleged that she was raped by one of her class fellows. She alleged that she was harassed and threatened by four friends of the suspect and one of her teachers.
The girl appeared before SSP (Operation) Saifullah Khatak along with her father and informed him about the incident. The SSP directed Gulgashat SP Jaleel Imran to look into the matter who later sent her to centre for violence against women.
Talking to the media, the girl accused her class fellow of rape.She said one of the faculty members invited her to his house to have a meeting with his family. “When I went there, the teacher, who was alone at the house, allegedly misbehaved with me.”
She said she had submitted a written application against six suspects, including the teacher, to the VC about the incident but no action was taken.
However, the BZU administration in a handout said no application was received to the VC by the complainant.
It said the girl even did not complain to the department chairman during the last one year.
“The matter will be inquired at university level. As per the available information no university teacher is involved in the matter as it is a private act outside the university,” it stated.
The handout said the university administration was unaware about the incident “but now the administration is cooperating with the police in connection with the investigation.”
SP Imran said the girl told the police that she did not submit any application to the VC.“The girl is yet to be medically examined,” he said.
