Pakistan Court frees rapist serving life sentence after he agrees to marry victim
Shortpedia
Content Team
Image Credit: FPJ
A court in Pakistan freed a rapist after he married the victim. As per a report an AFP report, the settlement agreement was brokered by a council of elders in the northwest of the country. This decision has for obvious reasons, outraged rights activists. The activists say this will legitimise sexual violence against women in a country where a majority of rape cases goes unreported. It might also increase the cases of rape in the country.
