Parents in Pakistan are now reportedly putting padlocks on their late daughters’ graves to prevent them from being raped by some randy men.
According to a report by India Today, this trend has arisen due to the sexually charged and repressed social environment prevalent in the country.
The report comes in the wake of a harrowing incident in 2013 when a girl’s body was discovered outside a cemetery in Qila Didar Singh, Gujranwala after allegedly being raped.
The then Chief Minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif, had ordered an immediate investigation into the incident.
Recently, another shocking incident has come to light in which the body of Zainab, a fifteen-year-old daughter of Muhammad Munir, was discovered outside a cemetery.
The day before her death, she was electrocuted and buried by her family on Tuesday night. The police suspect that the body had been removed from the grave with the intention of sexual assault.
Officials stated that the desecration of the remains would be proven after the inquiry was concluded and that any offenders involved would face appropriate punishment.
Police in Qila Didar Singh have apprehended a suspect and begun an investigation.