A man has been arrested for selling his 12-year-old daughter for less than $5 to a man in Pakistan, who then tried to rape her.
Police in the Pakistani province of Punjab also arrested the man who bought the young girl for 500 Pakistani rupees, the equivalent of $5.
There is something wrong with that part of the hemisphere!
— pete spy (@peteisthezohan) January 7, 2020
The mother of the girl, who was at work during the assault, told police that her husband had called a man to their house and let him rape their daughter after receiving the money.
When her mother returned from work she told her about what had taken place, but the father and the rapist had already escaped.
Hard to believe that these type of things still happen.
— Malith Lakshan (@malith_lakshan) January 7, 2020
The 12-year-old victim was given a medical examination which concluded that an attempted rape had taken place. The man who paid the money to assault the girl had previously been charged with child abuse in 2013, but was let off without punishment.
Police charged the pair with rape as well as buying and selling for the purposes of prostitution.
I’m just surprised he was arrested
— seve syndrome ?? (@SexuasDavis) January 7, 2020
According to Women's Studies, rape in Pakistan is "often institutionalized and has the tacit and at times the explicit approval of the state."
Up to 72 percent of women in Pakistan are reportedly physically or sexually abused. The country’s rape cases include minorities, children and marital rape victims.
