Gives investigators more time to recover weapons, cash and other property suspected in the case
A judicial magistrate on Thursday granted police additional four-day remand to three suspects believed to be involved in the kidnapping and rape of two foreign women, accepting the investigating agency’s request to complete the recovery of weapons and other property in the case.
Judicial Magistrate Azhar Mahmood passed the order after Defense C police produced suspects Rizwan, Nawaz and Nasir before the court on the expiry of their previous five-day remand.
During the hearing, the court asked the prosecution about the recoveries from the suspects during the previous remand.
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The public prosecutor informed the court that weapons were recovered from suspects Rizwan and Nasir. The investigator said the weapon allegedly used by suspect Nawaz has not yet been found.
The investigating officer further said that the police also had to recover cash, jewelry and a wristwatch allegedly linked to the crime and requested additional custody from the suspects to complete the investigation.
After hearing the arguments, the court granted the prosecution’s request and handed over the three suspects to the police for further four-day remand.
The suspects are facing charges in a registered case relating to the alleged kidnapping and rape of two foreign women.
The case
The case was registered at Defense-C police station after two foreign women alleged that they were kidnapped and sexually assaulted.
The victim said the women traveled to Pakistan after being invited by an acquaintance they met in Singapore in October 2025. She added that on June 29, they were kidnapped by an acquaintance and four accomplices, who demanded money for their release. The complaint further contained allegations of repeated sexual assault, armed threats, physical violence and extortion.
A statement from the Lahore police said an emergency call was received through the Punjab emergency helpline after the father of one of the women, who was in the Netherlands, reported the alleged abduction.
Following instructions from Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, the Lahore Police launched an operation, using Safe City surveillance to track down the suspects. The statement added that the two women were found within approximately two hours, while four suspects were arrested. Police said raids were continuing to apprehend the other suspects.
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Lahore Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations) Faisal Kamran said that around midnight on July 1, the Safe City Authority received information from a man identified as Carlos, who reported that his daughter had been kidnapped in Pakistan and that he had received a ransom demand.
Kamran said investigators traced the family tree of a suspect and conducted raids at various locations. “During one of these searches, residents of a house informed police that the suspect’s family previously lived there as tenants and were believed to have links to the deputy prime minister. The suspect was later identified as Mohammad Raza Dar,” he added.
He said police verified the information with the suspect’s family, obtained his phone number and began tracking him. “The family would certainly have asked the suspect to surrender,” he said.
He said investigators were also looking into the possibility that a gang, rather than a single individual, was involved in the incident.
According to the DIG, the suspect was driving the two women to the airport when an altercation broke out inside the vehicle near Bhatta Chowk.
“During the scuffle, the vehicle collided with an object, after which the women jumped out and sought shelter at a nearby filtration plant, from where police rescued them safely,” he added.
The DIG said police contacted the embassies of Spain and the Netherlands after picking up the women. The Spanish embassy informed investigators that one of the women was a Venezuelan national.
After consultations with the embassies, the women agreed to undergo medical examinations and then consented to record their statements before a magistrate under article 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Kamran said the embassies had also requested that the women be repatriated at the earliest, adding that police were continuing to investigate all aspects of the case.
