Pakistan legislator’s wife accuses stepson of rape

A Pakistani woman — wife of a legislator — alleged that her stepson had raped her.

The police is investigating the allegations on the basis of which a rape case has already been registered in Lahore’s Sabzazar police station.

However, the 67-year-old member of the Punjab provincial Assembly Abu Hafs Mohammed Ghiyasud Din — a religious leader belonging to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) — said his son did not rape his second wife.

Abu Hafs Muhammad Ghiyasud Din, father of eight, said a little piece of land located in Hassan Town “is the basic dispute” between his son and his second wife.

“I don’t believe my son can commit such a crime with his stepmother. This episode was planned. This is a conspiracy, and this is untrue,” he said.

Police investigators are grilling the 35-year-old son of the religious scholar for raping the 25-year-old woman at a house in Hassan Town.

The police arrested Ghulam Mohayuddin two days ago after the woman filed a complaint with the Sabzazaar police station. A teacher and a religious scholar, Ghiyasud Din, remained member provincial assembly of the Punjab during 1985-88 and 1997-99 and returned to Punjab Assembly for the third term in general elections 2013.

Earlier, the police registered a rape case against the son of the cleric on the complaint of his young wife and sent samples for medical test.

According to the victim, her husband was admitted to a hospital when her stepson forced his entry into her house, raped her at gun-point, and fled from the spot instantly.