Lahore: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister in Pakistan said on Saturday that the main suspect in the case of the gang rape of a woman allegedly committed in front of her three children on a highway in Lahore has been identified. There is increasing pressure on the government to hang the perpetrators of this scandal and people are demonstrating (Pakistan).
Police said the woman was allegedly raped by two robbers near Gujjarpura area on Wednesday. She was waiting for help after her car went wrong or the fuel ran out. Rape has been confirmed in medical-legal reports. Shahbaz Gill, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan, tweeted on Saturday, “Thanks to the Chief Minister of Punjab, the Inspector General of Police of Punjab and the Chief of Police of Lahore because the DNA of the suspect has been matched.” He will be arrested soon. “
Public outrage has come to the fore on this incident. Religious parties are demanding the execution of criminals publicly. Several protests took place in Lahore, Islamabad and other parts of the country, and the protesters demanded that the government arrest the culprits and give them extraordinary punishment. A senior police officer told PTI-language that the main suspect was identified as Abid Ali (27) and is a resident of Bahawalnagar, 400 km from here.
“Abid Ali’s DNA has been matched and teams have been sent to arrest him and his accomplice,” the official said. Ali was also involved in the gang rape of a woman and her daughter in 2013 at his residence. He was apprehended but the affected family presumably forgave him under pressure and he was released from jail. “
