Man held for abusing cousin's three-year-old daughter.

KASUR -- Pattoki Saddar police arrested a man suspected of raping a three-year-old girl in village Awan Chan 37.

Police lodged a criminal case on Saturday on the complaint of the victim's uncle.

The complainant alleged that the minor's mother was a co-accused in the case as she had relations with the suspect and the incident took place with her connivance. The grandfather of the victim died as soon as he learnt about the abuse of his granddaughter.

According to the first information report (FIR) lodged late on Friday under Section 376 of the PPC, the minor's mother had developed relations with a cousin of her husband who lived nearby and worked in a local factory.

The incident had taken place on May 4 when the suspect allegedly raped the three-year-old girl and later along with her mother took the girl to Pattoki THQ Hospital from where she was referred to Lahore's Jinnah Hospital owing to her critical condition. Later, she was sent to the Children's Hospital where she was stated to be critical.

Police registered a case against the suspect and the woman. The suspect was also said to have tortured and seriously injured the victim, but the FIR did not include...