LAHORE – Another foreign woman witnessed sexual violence in provincial capital as she was drugged, allegedly gang-raped, and held captive after being lured to a café and later taken to an apartment in Lahore’s Defence C area.
The case was registered at Defence C Police Station under FIR No. 2446/26 on September 26, 2026, after the woman, identified in the FIR as D****, approached police and submitted a written complaint. The victim told police that she had been in Pakistan for around 15 to 20 days in connection with business when two unidentified women allegedly took her to an unknown café for dinner on the night of September 25.
The woman said three unidentified men were already present at the café. According to her statement, the men allegedly invited her for an outing in a vehicle and subsequently took her to an apartment at an undisclosed location.
The suspects allegedly gave her an intoxicating or stupefying substance mixed in alcohol, after which the three men allegedly sexually assaulted her one after another. The complainant further alleged that she was kept confined by the suspects during the incident.
According to the FIR, the suspects allegedly dropped the woman near Ghazi Interchange, close to Route Chowk and Netsol Chowk, at around 2pm on September 26 and managed to escape. The woman also alleged that the suspects forcibly took her belongings, including an iPhone 13 and a Redmi mobile phone, before escaping.
After being left on the roadside, she reportedly obtained a mobile phone from a passerby and contacted police through 15, seeking help.
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FIR records the alleged offences under Section 375-A of the Pakistan Penal Code relating to rape and Section 337-J concerning the administration of an intoxicating or stupefying substance.
Police said the case was registered after the written application was received through the front desk. The original application and a copy of the FIR were subsequently forwarded to the Investigation Wing for further proceedings.
The two women and three men named in the complainant’s account are currently unidentified. According to the FIR, the complainant said she could identify all five suspects if brought before her. Police investigations are now underway to establish the circumstances of the alleged assault, identify the suspects and trace their whereabouts.
