LAHORE: Police on Saturday arrested a couple involved in the rape and extortion of several women.
Police said that both suspects confessed to their crimes of raping and blackmailing their victims, during initial investigation.
A First Information Report (FIR) against the couple was filed at Sundar police station on Friday, on the complaint of a woman who alleged that the man raped her, while the woman recorded videos and took photos – with which the couple had blackmailed her for the past six months.
The complainant further revealed that the suspects had recently demanded Rs10,000 from her and threatened to humiliate and kill her if she failed to pay.
The two suspects were charged with Sections 376 (offense of rape) and 509 (word, gesture or act to insult a woman’s modesty) of the Pakistan Penal Court.
