Foreign women rape case: Incomplete police report clears five suspects of sexual assault charges

LAHORE: An incomplete investigation report (challan) filed before a trial court in connection with the alleged gang rape of two foreign women in July cleared five suspects, including one reportedly linked to a senior minister, of sexual assault charges. However, the report implicated them in other offences, including illegal detention and extortion. The police charged three other suspects, who were allegedly low-paid employees of one of the key suspects, with sexually assaulting the women. Defence C police registered the first information report (FIR) under Sections 365-A (kidnapping or…