LAHORE : Motorway rape victim has identified the prime suspect Abid Malhi and his accomplice Shafqat Ali in the presence of the judicial magistrate, during an identification parade held at Camp Jail.
According to the police, the suspects were presented before the victim in line with at least ten others during the parade. The victim had to identify the perpetrator in presence of judicial magistrate and jail staff.
Abid Malhi, the prime suspect in the motorway gang rape case, was arrested from Manga Mandi after at least 33 days of hectic manhunt throughout the province by Punjab Police..
He was then sent on 14-day judicial remand by a Lahore court to hold an identity parade.
The other suspect, Shafqat, was arrested on September 14 and is in police custody on physical remand.
The key suspect Abid Malhi along with his accomplice Shafqat Ali had allegedly gang-raped the woman in front of her children on Lahore-Sialkot Motorway on September 9.
