No woman should ever have to fear the very institution entrusted with protecting her. Yet when the alleged perpetrator is a police officer and the crime is said to have taken place inside a police station, the offence ceases to be an isolated act of depravity. It becomes a devastating indictment of institutional failure. The alleged rape of a mentally challenged young woman inside Lahore's Ghaziabad Police Station by an assistant sub-inspector is one such case. It is an accusation so morally........

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