HERAT CITY (SW): Officials in the western Herat province have confirmed the arrest of Faramarz Samandar, Acting District Chief, along with his three guards have been arrested over charges of rape.
Ehsanullah Bayat, Spokesman for the provincial governor told SW that the investigation were underway and if the allegation turned out to be true, the district chief and his accomplices would be punished in accordance to the law.
Bayat added that for the moment it was only an allegation and things would get clear at the end of investigations.
Meanwhile, the alleged District Chief Faramarz Samandar denied the allegations and termed it as a conspiracy against him and his security guards. Talking to SW via telephone, Faramarz said last night he sent a few security guards to the house of his cook Daudwho asking him to prepare the dinner but the cook instead charged Faramarz and the guards of rapping his wife.
The acting district chief vowed to defend himself legally.
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