Motorway Rape Case
Motorway rape suspect Abid Malhi arrested from Faisalabad after evading Punjab police for a little over a month
news desk
islamabad
A month after evading police, the prime suspect in the motorway rape case, Abid Malhi, has been arrested from Faisalabad.
Police said that Abid is being brought to Lahore from Faisalabad where his DNA test will be taken.
The other suspect who allegedly raped the woman, Shafqat, is in jail on judicial remand. The Intelligence Bureau (IB), Special Branch of the police and other agencies had done a recce of the suspect and tipped off Punjab Police about the whereabouts of Malhi before they went to Faisalabad to apprehend him.
Malhi’s DNA test had been obtained thrice from the motorway rape victim’s samples. However, his DNA test will be taken again and matched with the samples from the motorway rape victim’s before any formal proceedings against him are initiated.
The motorway rape case’s prime suspect had managed to evade arrest four times by escaping the clutches of the Punjab police ever since he has been on the run.
How did police manage to catch the motorway rape suspect?
Sources told that a trap had been laid out for the motorway rape prime suspect, falling into which he was apprehended by police. Sources informed Geo News that Malhi’s wife was taken to Faisalabad by police after the suspect told her during a phone call that he would meet her there.
When Malhi arrived in the city to meet her, he was nabbed by police officials in plain clothes.
Malhi was arrested without any resistance. He was apprehended easily and taken from Faisalabad to Lahore.
