Lahore police arrest key suspect in Azeri woman gang-rape case
LAHORE: Police on Monday arrested one of the three suspects who allegedly gang-raped a foreign woman in Lahore. The 20-year-old Azeri woman had travelled to Pakistan for business purposes and was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a rented flat of a private housing society located near Raiwind on the night between Friday and Saturday. Lahore Deputy Inspector General (Investigation) Zeeshan Raza…
On Monday, police in Lahore arrested one of three suspects accused of gang-raping a 20-year-old Azeri woman. The woman had traveled to Pakistan for business and was allegedly assaulted in a rented flat near Raiwind on the night of Friday and Saturday. Deputy Inspector General of Investigation Zeeshan Raza confirmed the arrest and stated that two other suspects were identified, with police conducting raids to apprehend them.
The victim's medical report confirmed she suffered sexual assault. On Sunday, police requested federal authorities to place the suspects' names on the Provisional National Identification List, as they had fled Lahore after the incident. Additionally, two close relatives and a domestic servant of one suspect were taken into custody.
The vehicle used in the attack was also seized. The Azeri woman recorded her statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure at Cantonment Courts on Monday, a process that took over an hour. The magistrate ordered unrelated individuals to leave the courtroom before the proceedings began. This is the second case in four months where a foreign woman was gang-raped in the Defence C police station area, with a previous incident involving foreign women from the Netherlands and Venezuela in June.
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