The woman said she was raped on the orders of a panchayat. (Representational Image)
Lahore:
A pregnant woman set herself on fire and later died after she was raped in revenge by a man on the orders of a panchayat in Pakistan's Punjab province.
The woman passed away at a hospital in Lahore.
A panchayat in Gujrat city asked a man whose minor daughter was raped to rape the daughter of the assaulter in revenge for the crime, Geo News reported.
The woman was married and pregnant.
In a statement she gave to the police from her death bed, the woman said she was raped on the orders of a panchayat.
Her husband refused to register a case against the perpetrators. "I don't want to register a case. Only Allah will give me justice," he said, according to the report.
Eleven members of the panchayat have been detained for interrogation, police said.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
The woman passed away at a hospital in Lahore.
A panchayat in Gujrat city asked a man whose minor daughter was raped to rape the daughter of the assaulter in revenge for the crime, Geo News reported.
The woman was married and pregnant.
In a statement she gave to the police from her death bed, the woman said she was raped on the orders of a panchayat.
Her husband refused to register a case against the perpetrators. "I don't want to register a case. Only Allah will give me justice," he said, according to the report.
Eleven members of the panchayat have been detained for interrogation, police said.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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