A suspect in the highway gang rape case confessed to the Lahore Police on Sunday, saying that he was not involved in the highway incident.
Waqar ul Hassan was among the two suspects arrested by the Punjab government on Saturday for their involvement in the heinous crime that raged across the nation and triggered nationwide protests.
The main suspect, Abid Ali, is still in large numbers, and police teams are searching for various locations to arrest him.
Not involved in the case of the motorway.
He believed that his brother-in-law, Abbas, was using his cell phone.
“Abbas declined to surrender to me, but he could do so quickly. He has been involved in some illegal activities with Abid Ali and is still in touch with him, “Waqar allegedly told the police.
Claiming innocence in the gang rape, he asked the officials to get his DNA test done.
The incident
On Wednesday night, two robbers were claimed to have gang-raped a mother of two on the Lahore-Sialkot highway in an area under the jurisdiction of Gujjarpura police.
The woman, along with her two children, was driving to Gujranwala when she was forced to stop at the Gujjarpura section of the highway after running out of fuel at around 1:30 a.m.
Immediately, she called a relative and gave her position to him. He also asked her to dial the Motorway Police Helpline 130, from which she reportedly received no response.
Meanwhile, two robbers reportedly approached the vehicle, smashed the window, and took the woman and her children to the nearby bushes where they allegedly raped her in front of the children.
They also allegedly snatched her Rs100,000 cash wallet, one ring, car registration documents, and three ATM cards.
