New Delhi: A cryptocurrency angle has emerged at the heart of the abduction and sexual assault of two foreign women in Pakistan, a case in which the grandson of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is one of the four accused. Muhammad Raza Dar is reported to have lured the women to Pakistan for a cryptocurrency deal, and it now appears that related assets in the possession of the women were what their attackers wanted in addition to a ransom.
Muhammad Raza Dar and three others were arrested last week after allegedly abducting and sexual assaulting two foreign nationals, one Dutch and the other Venezuelan. The four arrested persons were sent on a five-day physical remand. Their next court appearance is on 8 July.In a case sending shockwaves through Pakistan, cryptocurrency is the newest revelation that has emerged in a statement reported to have been made by one of the foreign women to a magistrate. In the statement, she said that their attackers demanded access to a computer containing cryptocurrency assets after forcibly entering the Lahore house the two women were staying in after their arrival in Pakistan. She said the attackers threatened to kill them unless they handed over the cryptocurrency assets.
