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Foreign woman allegedly gang-raped records statement before Lahore magistrate

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Sheikh, W. A. (2026, September 28). Foreign woman allegedly gang-raped records statement before Lahore magistrate. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2033265/foreign-woman-allegedly-gang-raped-records-statement-before-lahore-magistrate

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A 20-year-old Azeri woman who was allegedly gang-raped in Lahore recorded her statement before a judicial magistrate on Monday. The incident occurred in a rented flat near Raiwind on the night between Friday and Saturday. Following the complaint, Lahore police registered a case against three unidentified suspects and are working to arrest them with assistance from federal authorities. This is the second such case reported in the Defence C area within four months.

Written by AI on 2026-09-28, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On September 25-26, 2026, a 20-year-old Azeri woman visiting Pakistan for business purposes was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Lahore. The incident occurred after she went out with two women who introduced her to three men at a cafe near Raiwind Road. According to the victim's statement, the suspects drugged her and took her to an unidentified flat where they raped her before abandoning her near Ghazi Interchange. Police registered a case against the suspects and identified them; one was arrested on September 26 while raids continued for the others. Lahore police requested federal authorities to place the names of three prime suspects on the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL) to prevent their escape. The victim recorded her statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure before a judicial magistrate, and two suspects were granted six-day remand for interrogation and evidence collection.

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Topics

Azeri LAHORE Pakistan Section 164 the Cantonment Courts

Subjects

LAHORE GPE · 3× Azeri NORP · 1× Defence C ORG · 1× Faisal Kamran PERSON · 1× Muhammad Sagheer PERSON · 1× Pakistan GPE · 1× Raiwind GPE · 1× Sialkot PERSON · 1× the Cantonment Courts ORG · 1× the Crime Control Department ORG · 1×

Narrative

On Sunday, Lahore police requested federal authorities to place the names of the three prime suspects in the case on the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL), saying they had fled Lahore shortly after the alleged assault.

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2026-09-28 · Dawn

Foreign woman allegedly gang-raped records statement before Lahore magistrate · mixed framing

Claims (16 extracted, 6 hedged)

A foreign woman who was allegedly gang-raped recorded her statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure before a judicial magistrate at the Cantonment Courts on Monday. uncertain

who → rap → Monday

The 20-year-old Azeri woman had traveled 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. uncertain

woman → travel → Friday

It was the second such case in which a foreign woman was reportedly gang-raped in the Defence C police station area during the last four months. uncertain

woman → rap → months

The woman was brought to the court under tight security to record her statement before Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Sagheer. asserted

woman → bring → Sagheer

Before the proceedings began, the magistrate ordered all unrelated persons to leave the courtroom. asserted

magistrate → begin → courtroom

The statement continued for more than an hour. asserted

statement → continue → hour

The Defence C police had registered a case against three unidentified suspects on the woman’s complaint. asserted

police → register → complaint

they → request → assault

A police official said the location of one of the suspects had been traced to Sialkot. asserted

location → say → Sialkot

Police also took two close relatives and a domestic servant of one of the suspects into custody. asserted

Police → take → custody

DIG Operations Faisal Kamran said all three suspects had been identified and police teams were working to arrest them. asserted

teams → say → them

He said the case was being investigated jointly by the Crime Control Department (CCD), operations and investigation wings. asserted

case → say → Department

The vehicle allegedly used in the incident had also been taken into custody, he added. uncertain

he → use → custody

Cantt Division SP Investigation Asim Iftikhar was leading the joint police teams investigating the case, another police official said. asserted

official → lead → case

In June, two foreign women, nationals of the Netherlands and Venezuela, were allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted in the Defence C police station area. uncertain

women → abduct → area

According to the FIR, the women were abducted by five suspects, including a close relative of a senior political personality, who demanded ransom and subjected them to sexual assault during their captivity. uncertain

who → accord → captivity