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.
- Four men, including Muhammad Raza Dar, a relative of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, were arrested in Lahore for allegedly kidnapping and gangraping two foreign women from the Netherlands and Venezuela on June 29, 2026.
- The women met Raza Dar in Singapore in October 2025, entered into a business partnership involving a cryptocurrency venture, and traveled to Pakistan on business visas he arranged.
- After arriving in Lahore, the women were allegedly abducted, physically assaulted, gangraped, held at gunpoint, and threatened with ransom, including organ trafficking demands.
- Lahore police rescued the victims after a call from one victim's father, arrested four suspects with a fifth still absconding, and are conducting investigations with claims of no political interference.
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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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