Motorway rape victim identifies prime suspects

(Karachi) The Motorway rape victim has identified two prime suspects, Abid Malhi and Shafqat, during identification parade on Wednesday.

Police said that the identification parade took place inside Lahore’s Camp Jail where the suspects were brought in front of the rape survivor. They added the woman identified both of them who subjected her to sexual assault.

On September 9, the woman was allegedly gang raped during a robbery bid in Gujjarpura along the recently inaugurated Lahore-Sialkot Motorway. The new Motorway currently has no rest stops or service stations as of yet.

Police said the victim was travelling with her children in a car when the vehicle stalled due to lack of petrol. She called a relative and sent him her location on the Motorway. When the relative arrived at the location, he saw the victim driving the car towards them with broken window panes.

The woman told police that she was waiting for the family to arrive to pick her and the children when two armed assailants allegedly attacked her.

One suspect hit the car with clubs and the other held them hostage at gunpoint. The attackers then took her and the children to a nearby forested area where the victim claims they gang raped her. Later on, they robbed her of valuables and left her stranded.

Later, both suspects were arrested by police and were sent on judicial remand to jail.