Twelve suspects have been arrested on charges of raping a woman on the motorway in Gujjarpura area of Lahore.
Special Assistant to PM Imran Khan Shahbaz Gul said that urban rural policing technique was being used in the investigation and CCPO Lahore was leading the investigation team.
On the other hand, IG Motorway Police Kaleem Imam, while reacting to the incident, had said that the place where this tragic incident took place did not fall under the jurisdiction of the Motorway Police.
It may be recalled that the woman's car was stopped on the Gujjarpura Motorway in Lahore yesterday when she ran out of petrol. Meanwhile, two armed men broke the glass of the car and forcibly took the woman and her children down from the motorway. Abused.
The accused also robbed the woman when the vehicle was stopped. The woman also called the motorway police but the motorway police allegedly said that no one was on emergency duty.
An FIR has also been registered in the case stating that a woman belonging to Gujranwala was returning to Gujranwala from Lahore in her car with her two children when her car crashed on Ring Road near Gujjarpura. The woman ran out of petrol. The woman informed her relative in Gujranwala, who asked her to report to the motorway police.
According to sources, the woman had been waiting for the motorway police for a long time. He was raped in front and snatched gold jewelery and cash from her. The woman has been admitted to the hospital after her condition deteriorated. The report of the woman's medical examination has been sent to the forensic.
