A senior civil judge in Lower Dir was arrested and charged with raping a woman and accepting a bribe.
A judicial magistrate ordered the senior civil judge to be transported to jail after he was arrested a few days ago.
The judge was arrested on the accusation of a woman from Nishtarabad in Peshawar, according to the roznamcha (police daily journal) lodged at the Balambat Police Station on Thursday.
The woman claimed in her complaint that the senior civil judge had taken gold ornaments worth Rs1.5 million by promising to provide a job to her sister three months ago, according to the publication, and that he contacted her on November 25 to inform her that he was unable to provide the job and asked her to accompany him to Balambat to retrieve the gold ornament.
The woman claimed she rode in the judge's official car from Peshawar to Timergara. She claimed that when she arrived at the bungalow, the judge exhibited an interest in having sex with her and raped her when she refused.
According to the police record, which was signed by Station House Officer Fazal Ghafoor Khan, the victim's medical report confirmed the rape, after which the senior civil judge was detained and taken to court.
