NOWSHERA: Sexual abuse incident in Nowshera are not coming to an end despite strict action by the law enforcing agencies against culprits.

The latest incident happened Jalozai area of Nowshera on Friday where a nine-year-old boy, Iftikhar, was allegedly sexually abused by a person working at a brick kiln.

According to police, Iftikhar’s father filed a complaint that the accused, Riaz, who works at a brick kiln, subjected his son to sexual abuse. He said his son came to house crying and told him that Riaz took him to a vehicle and sexually abused him. The accused gave Rs20 to the boy after abusing him and told him not to tell anybody about the incident.

Police arrested the accused within few hours of filing of report. The boy was shifted to hospital for medical check up.

The incident in Jalozai happened six days after people in a neighborhood in Nowshera rescued a little girl from sexual assault from an elderly person.

According to police, a six-year-old girl, Aleesha, was going to Madrassa from home in AS Colony on February 14, when she was stopped by the accused, identified as Bahadur. The accused allegedly started groping the child when she started shouting and crying due to which the people living in nearby houses came out and rescued the girl.

10 abuse cases reported in Nowshera this year

So far 10 cases of alleged sexual abuse of children have been reported in Nowshera this year. Fifteen such cases were reported in the district last year, which shows an alarming situation.

On February 12, an accused was arrested in Nowshera on charges of attempting to sexually abuse a seven-year-old boy in a school. On February 08, a 22-year-old young man was accused of sexually abusing an eight-year-old boy.

On January 19, eight-year-old girl, Ewaz Noor was killed after sexual abuse in Kaka Sahib. According to police, the girl went out of her house for religious class, but did not return home. The body of the girl was found near a small garden near the victim’s house.

On December 22, 2019, a 13-year-old female Madrassa student accused two persons of sexually abusing her after kidnap in Sanobar Killi, Pir Sabaq. On December 12, an eight-year-old boy was sexually abused by two accused in Amangarh area. On November 01, a man subjected his 13-year-old stepson to sexual abuse in Petao area of Akora Khattak.