Kasur child sex abuse scandal: 280 children sex abused in 10 years. Member of Parliament allegedly involved
Lahore, Pakistan: The biggest child sex abuse scandal has surfaced in country and the entire administration dealing with child protection in Pakistan is shocked after biggest ever child abuse scandal in Pakistan came on surface involving sex abuse with 280 children and over 400 video sold to gay porn sites operating from the UK, USA, Germany and other parts of Europe. Scandal surfaced in district of Kasur of Pakistani Punjab province.
Intelligence sources claimed that local police have sold out the case and main suspect had already been released after 5 million Pakistani rupees (50,000 $) bribe was paid and families of victims have been subjected to pressure by a local political figure to withdraw the allegations. Sources claimed ring leader and main accused has already run away to a country of gulf after buying his release from Police.
The Chief Minister Punjab on Saturday directed police to investigate the case impartially and also investigate the involvement of member of parliament (MP) Malik Ahmad Saeed of treasury benches (of sitting government) for allegedly supporting culprits.
CM Punjab Shehbaz Sharif has ordered prompt investigation into the horrific child abuse case uncovered in Kasure…. http://t.co/S6EQxFz3Jv
— Govt Of The Punjab (@GovtOfPunjab) August 8, 2015
Shehbaz Sharif has also asked the authorities to investigate involvement of PMLN MPA Malik Ahmed Saeed #Kasur.
— Govt Of The Punjab (@GovtOfPunjab) August 8, 2015
One villager who led the campaign to expose the scandal told media he had been warned he would be killed if he did not withdraw his claims. The said gang is allegedly backed by police officials and local politicians.
The head of Punjab Child Protection Bureau, advocate Saba Sadiq described the case as “the largest-ever child abuse scandal in Pakistan’s history”.
According to information gathered by intelligence as well as police sources, most of the victims are under 14 but recovered videos also include a six year old boy who was forced to perform a homosexual act and a 10 year old schoolgirl who was filmed being molested by a 14 year old boy.
Videos of sex abuse were sold for Rs50 (50 cents) each in Hussain Khanwala village in Kasur district.
Six alleged abusers have been arrested, five of whom have been remanded in custody but according to parents of the victims the abuse was orchestrated by a gang of up to 25 young men and teenagers led by two men in their 40s.
The gang used the videotapes of the assaults to blackmail the children and their families to hand over millions of rupees. Many of the children stole gold ornaments from their parents to pay off their abusers to keep their ordeal secret.
The abuse began in 2006 and continued until 2014. Police have seized more than 400 videos depicting the assaults, and many of the parents have identified their children as victims in the films. Some of the clips showed that some of the victims were abused for more than an hour. In one clip five to six young men are seen molesting a seven-year-old boy. The ‘producers’ recorded the videos at different locations – in the open fields, washrooms, bedrooms, and at deserted houses.
A 10-year-old victim said that he was taken to a Haveli (Farm House) by the gang at gunpoint. “After being brutally tortured, I was administered “spinal injection” and I was dozing when five to six men molested me one by one,” he said.
Gangsters not only molested the children themselves but they also asked the victims to rape each other on camera. “Everyone in this village is a victim. Our children both boys and girls are raped and blackmailed,” said a mother whose son was raped.
Another boy said he was molested by the same gang in 2006 said:
. “I was just nine years old when I was abducted and taken to a deserted house. I was brutally tortured when I offered resistance. Then they administered a spinal injection. I was raped multiple times by several men at gunpoint. I decided not to tell anybody. Six months later, the accused showed me the video clips when I refused to perform sexual acts on camera again. It was horrible,” he said.
The family of a ten year old girl forced to perform a sex act in her school uniform said they had paid a million rupees to their blackmailers but they had not erased the video.
