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Lahore police arrest key suspect in Azeri woman gang-rape case

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Chaudhry, W. A. S. (2026, September 28). Lahore police arrest key suspect in Azeri woman gang-rape case. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2033265/lahore-police-arrest-key-suspect-in-azeri-woman-gang-rape-case

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Dawn · collected 2026-09-28 · by Wajih Ahmad SheikhAsif Chaudhry
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On Monday, Lahore police arrested one of three suspects accused of gang-raping an Azeri woman in Pakistan. The incident occurred on Friday night in a rented flat near Raiwind. Police identified two other suspects and are conducting raids to make additional arrests. The victim’s medical report confirms she was sexually assaulted, and her statement was recorded under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure at Cantonment Courts. This case follows another similar incident in June where two foreign women from the Netherlands and Venezuela were abducted and sexually assaulted in Lahore.
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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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Wajih Ahmad SheikhAsif Chaudhry
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Also by Wajih Ahmad SheikhAsif Chaudhry
Lahore police arrest key suspect in Azeri woman's gang-rape case
2026-09-28 · Dawn
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Topics

Azeri Dawn LAHORE Pakistan Raiwind

Subjects

LAHORE GPE · 5× Azeri NORP · 2× Dawn ORG · 1× Defence C ORG · 1× Muhammad Sagheer PERSON · 1× Netherlands GPE · 1× Pakistan GPE · 1× Raiwind GPE · 1× Venezuela GPE · 1× Zeeshan Raza PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Lahore Deputy Inspector General (Investigation) Zeeshan Raza confirmed the arrest of the key suspect to Dawn, adding that two other suspects had also been identified and police teams were conducting raids to arrest them. “We are investigating the case in the light of the victim woman’s statement to the police,” he said.
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2026-09-28 · Dawn
Lahore police arrest key suspect in Azeri woman's gang-rape case · mixed framing
2026-09-28 · Dawn
Lahore police arrest key suspect in Azeri woman gang-rape case · mixed framing

Claims (14 extracted, 6 hedged)

Police on Monday arrested one of the three suspects who allegedly gang-raped a foreign woman in Lahore. uncertain
who → arrest → Lahore
The 20-year-old Azeri woman 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 Friday and Saturday. uncertain
woman → travel → Friday
Lahore Deputy Inspector General (Investigation) Zeeshan Raza confirmed the arrest of the key suspect to Dawn, adding that two other suspects had also been identified and police teams were conducting raids to arrest them. “We are investigating the case in the light of the victim woman’s statement to the police,” he said. asserted
he → confirm → police
The official said that the woman’s medical report confirmed she was subjected to sexual assault. asserted
she → say → assault
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. asserted
they → request → assault
Police had also taken two close relatives and a domestic servant of one of the suspects into custody. asserted
Police → take → custody
The vehicle allegedly used in the incident had also been taken into custody, he added. uncertain
he → use → custody
Earlier in the day, the Azeri woman recorded her statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure before a judicial magistrate at the Cantonment Courts on Monday. asserted
woman → record → Monday
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. The Defence C police had registered a case against three unidentified suspects on the woman’s complaint. asserted
police → continue → complaint
It is 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
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
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