Lahore girl rape case: Police declare 3 nominated suspects innocent

Dunya News

Suspects did not rape the girl while the DNA report of the three also did not match: Police report

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Police declared, on Tuesday, the three suspects nominated in the 15-year old girl rape case innocent in Lahore, reported Dunya News.

According to the details, Race Course police station submitted a report in the court of Judicial Magistrate stating that the three suspects named Omer Yaseen, Ameer Ahmed and Qamar Zaman did not rape the girl while the DNA report of the three also did not match that of the victim. Police requested the court to discharge the three suspects from the case. Judicial Magistrate will give his final verdict on Wednesday.

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Court on Monday remanded eight suspects of Lahore gang-rape case in three-day police custody.

According to details, the suspects were presented before the court amid tight security by the Race Course police who requested the judge to grant 10-day remand of the suspects for interrogation of the case.

The suspects lawyers however opposed the remand and argued against it.

The court after listening to both the parties accepted sent the suspects on three-day physical remand and also directed to conduct their DNA.

Police has also included kidnapping section in the case.

The eight suspects including the key person Adnan Sanaullah nominated in the FIR of the case were arrested on immediate basis by the police as the government took notice of the incident and directed police to nab the culprits as soon as possible.

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Initially, seven of the suspects were arrested after which the main suspect Adnan Sanaullah also surrendered before the police.

DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf has stated that all the aspects of the case will be included in the interrogation whereas further proceedings will be made after DNA report.

The victim’s family has demanded justice and stern action against the suspects.

On the other hand, the main suspect Adnan has said that he has been falsely accused of the crime.