Two men were arrested in Bet Mir Hazar Khan in Muzaffargarh district on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting and shooting a teenaged boy on Saturday, police said.
The arrests come a day after the victim's father,Ehsan Ahmed Qureshi lodged a complaint with the police, alleging that three men had attempted to rape his son and shot him for putting up resistance.
According to the first information report, two of the suspects Umar Korai and Shehtar Jhabail offered the boy to come with them to an eatery in Lundi Pitafi to eat fish. When they arrived at the place, a third man Meena Korai joined them and the suspects forcefully took the victim to a forest where they attempted to assault him.
When the boy put up resistance, one of the suspects shot him in the hip and fled the scene with the others, leaving the victim in critical condition. He was found by passersby Shaukat Hussain Gopang, who heard him screaming and then informed his father.
The victim Zain-al Abideen's father got him admitted to the Civil Hospital and informed the police.Then he was referred to Nishtar Hospital Multan The FIR, filed subsequently, was lodged under Articles 324, 377, 511 and 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rehan Rasool Afgan said that police had arrested the main suspects within 24 hours of the report being filed. He added that the suspects had been remanded to police custody for four days by a local court.
The DSP assured that police would arrest the third suspect soon and will also recover the weapon used to shoot the victim.The victim is currently being treated at Nishtar Hospital.
