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.
In a statement she gave to the police from her death bed, the woman said she was raped on the orders of a panchayat.
Eleven members of the panchayat have been detained for interrogation, police said.
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.
In a statement she gave to the police from her death bed, the woman said she was raped on the orders of a panchayat.
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Eleven members of the panchayat have been detained for interrogation, police said.
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