Police in eastern Pakistan have arrested at least 12 men suspected of sexually abusing hundreds of children and blackmailing their families.<br /><br /> The case centres on a village near the city of Kansur where up to 280 children, mostly under 14-years-old were abused and filmed, and the videos used to extort money from the parents.<br /><br /> Many families accuse the police of failing to act on the allegations of abuse.<br /><br /> A mother of one of the victim’s said,“They (police) did not register a case, but instead of registering a (report), they took my son into custody. I pleaded before the SP (Superintendent of Police) that he was innocent.” She added that her son remained in jail.<br /><br /> One victim told reporters of his ordeal.<br /><br /> “They drugged me and abused me, they made a video, they blackmail me often with the video they had made and they were demanding money and jewellery from me.”<br /><br /> The scandal has provoked widespread outrage in local media, with Pakistani newspapers pointing towards a politically-influe
