Three booked for rape of Azeri woman in Lahore

LAHORE: Defence-C police on Saturday registered a case against three unidentified men on charges of subjecting an Azeri woman to gang rape.

A 20-year-old Azeri woman was visiting Pakistan for business purposes and was residing in a house near Raiwind Road.

She filed an application with the police stating that two women approached her for dinner. They went to a café where three men met them. She could identify the men and women by face.

She said the men offered her and two other women to drive and they later took her to an unidentified flat. She said they consumed alcohol and she was also served some intoxicating material and fell unconscious.

She said three men allegedly gang-raped her and later locked her in the flat till 2pm.

She said the suspects came back and dropped her near Ghazi Interchange and fled the scene.

She said the suspects also took away her mobile phone and other luggage. She demanded action against the suspects.

Defence-C police registered a case against the three suspects and started the investigation.

Published in Dawn, September 27th, 2026