LAHORE: A sessions court in Lahore indicted eight suspects, including prime suspect Raza Dar, in a case involving the alleged rape and kidnapping of two foreign women.
Additional Sessions Judge Rafaqat Ali Gondal conducted the hearing, during which jail authorities produced prime suspect, Raza Dar, and others accused before the court.
The court also summoned prosecution witnesses to record their statements on December 10.
The case was registered at the Defence C Police Station under sections relating to alleged rape and kidnapping.
According to the first information report (FIR), the two foreign nationals — one from the Netherlands and the other from Venezuela — were invited to Pakistan by Dar, who was identified as the grandson of a high-profile political figure and had previously entered into a business partnership with them in Singapore in October 2025.
The women arrived in Lahore on June 29, 2026, after Dar arranged their travel visas. Upon their arrival, they were allegedly forcibly taken to a residential location in Y-Block, Defence, where they were held at gunpoint.
The FIR alleged that the women were subjected to sexual assault and severe physical abuse involving weapons, while the suspects demanded a ransom of $1.5 million.
The accused allegedly threatened to kill the women and sell their body parts if the demands were not met.
The ordeal ended after one of the women managed to contact her father in the Netherlands, who alerted Lahore Police through the 15 emergency helpline. Police subsequently launched a rescue operation and recovered the two women within two hours.
