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A theatre actor was arrested by the Lahore police on Sunday in a case relating to the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl who worked at her house.

The Nawab Town police registered a rape case against the actor, her employee and four unidentified men under Section 376 (rape) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

According to the FIR, registered by the victim’s mother, the girl had worked at the actor’s home in OPF Housing Scheme since August 8. She said a man living in the upper portion of the house served her daughter a drugged drink on the night of August 14 and raped her. When she awoke at 11am, the actor’s employee drugged and raped her again. The mother alleged that he called four other men — who were unknown to her daughter but whom she said she would be able to identify — who raped her for two days.

She was kept drugged and confined in the house, where pictures and videos of her assault were also taken, according to the FIR. She accused the actor of hitting her daughter’s stomach and threatening her to stay silent about the incident.

The victim fled the house on August 18, but did not immediately tell her family what had happened out of fear of reprisal. On August 23, her mother discovered what had happened because of the victim’s injuries and came to the police station to file the case.

The police conducted a raid on the actor’s house and took her into custody, and more raids are under way to arrest the other suspects.