Lahore police granted 3-day physical remand of woman in connection with Azeri national's rape case
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday granted police a three-day physical remand of a woman in connection with a case of an Azeri woman’s rape. The 20-year-old Azerbaijan national 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 Sept 25 and Sept 26. In her…
A Lahore court has granted a three-day physical remand to a 20-year-old Azerbaijani woman accused of gang-raping another woman in a rented flat near Raiwind. The rape occurred on September 25-26 after the victim met three men at a cafe and later at an apartment in Bahria Town. The complainant alleges that the men tried to touch her, locked her in a separate room, and threatened her to drink alcohol before raping her.
The suspect did not want a medical examination and claimed she did not wish to undergo one. A prosecutor argued that physical remand of a woman could only be sought in cases of murder or robbery. The magistrate directed that the suspect would remain in police custody during the day and in jail at night. This is the second such case in the area where a foreign woman was gang-raped within the last four months.
Written by urgent.news from Dawn's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
