Motorway Gang-rape Case: Abid Malhi, Shafqat Bagga Indicted

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Motorway Gang-rape case: Abid Malhi, Shafqat Bagga indicted

The suspects have pleaded not guilty and decided to fight the case during proceedings held at Lahore’s camp jail in Sialkot-Lahore Motorway gang rape case.

LAHORE: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-March 3rd, 2021) A local court on Wednesday indicted Abid Malhi and Shafqat Bagga for allegedly raping a woman on Sialkot to Lahore Motorway .

The suspects, however, pleaded not guilty and decided to fight the case.

The proceedings held in Lahore’s camp jail.

The police had earlier submitted 100-page challan before the court and as many as 40 witnesses recorded their statements to the court in this case.

The victim woman herself, the complainant of the case and the person who dialed 15 call were among the witnesses.

According to content of Challan, Abid Malhi confessed that his guilty during investigation while Shafqat, the other suspect, recorded his statement to a judicial magistrate in which he also confessed his guilt.

Accused Abid Malhi, however, spent over Rs 100,000 he had looted from the victim woman.

Malhi was arrested from Faisalabad by Model Town CIA Police. Strict security arrangments have been made outside the court.

The father of the suspect informed police about presence of the prime suspect in Faisalabad and helped the police to arrest him.

Earlier, the suspect many times had dodged the police and escaped arrest.

The horrific incident took place on Nov 9th, 2020 when a woman who is said to be a French national was travelling along with her children from Gujranwala to Lahore at midnight. Her car went out of fuel and she parked her car at the roadside and started waiting for her husband to arrive there. She had also dialed Motorway police but it fell on deaf ears. Suddenly, the robbers reached there who took her jewellery, money and car’s document and also took the woman to a nearby place and gang raped her.

Fida Hussnain

Fida Hussnain is a lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, social issues and climate change. He is also a research fellow at University of Gujrat.