Foreign woman gang-rape case: Centre moved to place names of suspects on PNIL
LAHORE: The Lahore Police have moved a request to federal authorities to place the names of three prime suspects, who had allegedly gang-raped a young foreign woman two days ago, on the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL). The 20-year-old victim had traveled to Pakistan for business purposes and was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a rented flat of a private housing society…
LAHORE: Lahore Police have requested federal authorities to list the names of three prime suspects accused of gang-raping a young foreign woman in a provisional national identification list. The 20-year-old victim, who had come to Pakistan for business, was allegedly assaulted by the three men in a rented flat near Raiwind on the night between Friday and Saturday.
This is the second such incident in which a foreign woman was reportedly gang-raped in the Defence C police station area within the last four months. According to a police official, the suspects fled Lahore shortly after the sexual assault, and one suspect's location was traced in Sialkot city. Two close relatives and a domestic servant of one prime suspect have also been taken into custody.
DIG Operations Faisal Kamran confirmed that all three suspects have been identified, and police teams are actively working to locate and arrest them. The investigation is being conducted jointly by the Crime Control Department, operations, and investigation wings. Police have taken the vehicle allegedly used in the incident into custody, and Cantt Division SP Investigation Asim Iftikhar is leading the joint police teams working on the case.
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