At least 12 men have been taken into custody over their suspected involvement in the rape of a woman on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway on Wednesday.

Special Assistant to the PM on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill has said that on Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar's directives, Lahore capital city police officer (CCPO) is leading the investigation team.

He further said the police have collected evidence from the site and along with DNA samples. Police have also obtained the CCTV footage.

On Wednesday, two men raped a woman at gunpoint when she ran out of fuel near Lahore’s Gujjarpura and was waiting along with her children for help on the motorway.

The two men broke her car window, and made her park on the roadside. They then took her and the children to a nearby forest and raped her. Later on, they robbed her of valuables which included Rs100,000 cash and jewelry.

The woman’s initial medical examination confirmed that she had been raped.

Newly appointed Inspector-General of Punjab Police Inam Ghani has said that they have a very good clue which will lead them to the suspects directly. But he added, they cannot share it with the media yet, local media reported.