A 19-year-old woman has reportedly been sentenced to death by village elders in Pakistan for allegedly having a sexual relationship with her cousin.
The teenager, who lives in Pakistan’s Punjab province, has denied having consensual sex with the man and has claimed she was raped at gunpoint.
She reportedly told the police she was asleep when her cousin came into her home and assaulted her.
The incident allegedly happened on Friday in Rajanpur, a rural district about 400 kilometres from provincial capital Lahore.
According to the Express Tribune, the woman told police: “I could not raise an alarm as Ahmed was holding a gun.
“But the panchayat refused to accept my statement and declared that I wilfully slept with him.”
She added that she could not call for help during the assault as her alleged attacker was holding a gun.
Her family was also sleeping in the home.
The woman approached police the following day, but was reportedly ordered to be either killed or sold off on charges of adultery.
According to the Express Tribune, four men, including the father of the alleged rapist, forced the council to sentence the woman to death.
An official complaint has been filed and the men since taken into custody by Pakistani police, according to the reports.
The woman has reportedly since been taken to a government-run refuge.
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