As per the latest development, Pakistani Test cricketer Yasir Shah has been declared innocent in the alleged rape case filed last month in Islamabad.
Islamabad Police has removed the name of Yasir Shah from the FIR registered against him and his friends. He was accused of forcing a 14-year-old minor girl to marry his friend.
“The victim admitted that Yasir Shah’s name was included in the FIR due to misrepresentation,” according to a supplementary report prepared by the concerned police station.
“Yasir Shah has nothing to do with the alleged rape case,” police said.
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The complainant’s aunt named Yasir Shah in the FIR registered at Shalimar Police Station in Islamabad on December 19th, 2021.
Accusations against Yasir Shah
The aunt of the girl said that she has known Yasir Shah for quite some time. She took her niece with her to attend a party at the house of Yasir Shah in Lahore. The woman said that two to three months after returning from the party she seemed “unwell and disturbed”. Upon insistence, the girl said that Yasir’s friend Farhan took her number and later on proposed to her. He used to get Yasir to talk to her.
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“On August 14, when she was returning from tuitions, Farhan made her get into a taxi and took her to a flat in F-11 where he raped her at gunpoint and even made a video,” the aunt said, as the police recorded this in the FIR.
Yasir Shah's name has been removed from alleged FIR registered on rape case. Victim admitted that on false accusations, Yasir Shah's name was added but he wasn't involved in this case.
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The aunt says she contacted Yasir Shah on Whatsapp when she got to know about this. At that time, Yasir Shah was in West Indies. She told the Police that Yasir Shah made fun of the incident and said that he likes underage girls. He offered the woman to get the child married to his friend and that this would benefit him and his friend. Yasir Shah even threatened to kill her, when the woman said that she will go to the police.