- One of the suspects befriended the victim through a social media app.
- The police registered the FIR in the name of the victim.
- The suspects took 2 checks from the victim’s sister’s checkbook.
A student at a public university in Lahore was allegedly gang-raped and filmed by three men, police said on Tuesday.
According to police, one of the suspects befriended the victim, who is a master’s student, through a social media application and invited her to a place in the Muslim town, under the pretext of marriage.
When she arrived there in the Muslim town, the suspect took her to a private housing society for breakfast, where he and his two friends subjected the student to sexual assault and filmed the ‘incident.
According to a first information report (FIR), the suspects also removed two checks from her sister’s checkbook which the victim was carrying in her purse.
The suspects threatened to upload the videos to social media if she told anyone about the incident.
The police registered an FIR in the name of the victim and started an investigation into the incident. Police officials promised to arrest the suspects soon.
Last week, Mardan police registered a rape case against five employees of a government hospital and arrested one accused, according to News report.
Sources said a 32-year-old woman, resident of Dubai Adda, came to the hospital for treatment. The sources added that five hospital employees allegedly raped her. The two suspects were identified as Aziz and Zakir while the identification of the other accused was underway.
The rape victim recorded her statement under section 164 before a judicial magistrate.