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LAHORE: The Defence C area station house officer (SHO) was booked on Friday for forcibly entering the official residence of the magistrate concerned in Dharampura for recording the statements of two foreigner women who were allegedly gang-raped by four suspects on Saturday.
The two foreigners were allegedly subjected to gang rape by the suspects, who had lured them to a house in C Block of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on the pretext of a cryptocurrency business and abducted them.
As per police sources, following the gang-rape incident, which turned high-profile because of the intervention of a foreign embassy on behalf of one of the women, Defence C SHO Fariyad Ashraf reached the official residence of the magistrate concerned after office timings, for recording the foreigners’ mandatory statements under Section 164 of the CrPC.
The sources, quoting the FIR, said that the SHO allegedly forced entry into the magistrate’s residence, arguing that as the matter was urgent and high-profile, the statements needed to be recorded immediately.
