Foreign women abduction case: Police ordered to treat 'minister-linked suspect' like any other criminal

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Police in Lahore have been instructed to treat a suspect linked to a senior government minister in the abduction and assault case of two foreign women like any other criminal. The investigation revealed the suspect's connection to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar through family ties.

Lahore Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Faisal Kamran said on Sunday that the police were ordered to treat a suspect — reportedly linked to a senior government minister — in the case of alleged abduction and assault of two foreign women like “any other criminal”. On Thursday, the police booked five suspects over alleged abduction and sexual assault after the two women were rescued. Four of the suspects, including a close relative of a senior political personality, were arrested and later sent on a five-day physical remand. Addressing a press conference, he recounted the events leading up to the recovery of the women and the subsequent arrest of the suspects. “Our priority was to ensure the recovery of the women. We carried out raids in Sargodha and several other locations; at the same time, when we found the family tree of one of the suspects and after speaking to inhabitants at one of the raided houses, it emerged that the family of suspect used to live in the house some time back on rent and were probably related to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar,” he said. The police official identified the suspect as Muhammad Raza Dar. He continued: “As soon as this was flagged, we had to confirm the information, and we confirmed it from the family; we got the number (of the suspect) from them and began tracing his location.” “The family definitely would have told him to surrender,” the police official remarked. More to follow