Case Registered over Alleged Kidnap, Rape of Foreign Women in Lahore
Police say the suspects demanded $1.5 million and used a staged abduction to pressure the two foreign women over a cryptocurrency dispute.
- On Friday, July 3, Lahore Police registered an FIR against five suspects, including Muhammad Raza Dar, for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting two foreign nationals from the Netherlands and Venezuela.
- Investigators report the case stems from a cryptocurrency dispute involving $1.5 million following a business partnership established in Singapore in October 2025, suggesting the abduction was staged to recover funds.
- In a judicial statement, victim Astrid Gabriela Robinson Bracho alleged that armed men held her and Stephani Adriana at gunpoint, sexually assaulted her, and threatened to kill them unless they surrendered access to funds.
- The victims escaped after a vehicle collision and alerted a traffic officer, ending the ordeal that began when one contacted her father in the Netherlands via the 15 emergency helpline.
- A Lahore court remanded Dar, Hassan Raza, Sikandar Khan, and Sajid Ali to five days' police custody, while police officials stated there is "absolutely zero political interference" in the investigation.
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The Dutch woman who was recently abducted in Pakistan and freed following a police operation turns out to have been the victim of a gang rape and even torture. The case is highly sensitive because the grandson of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Asian country has been arrested in connection with our compatriot's shocking case.
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The Economic TimesPakistani politician's relative among 4 arrested in foreigners' gangrape case in Lahore
Four individuals, including a relative of Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, have been arrested in Lahore for the alleged gangrape of two foreign women. The victims, from the Netherlands and Venezuela, reportedly met the prime suspect, Raza Dar, through a cryptocurrency venture. They claim they were abducted and assaulted upon arriving in Pakistan for a business visit. Police are actively searching for a fifth absconding suspect.
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