Judicial Magistrate Azhar Mehmood

A court in Lahore extended the physical remand of four suspects, including one linked to a senior political figure, in the alleged kidnapping and rape of two foreign women from the Netherlands and Venezuela. The investigating officer sought further custody to complete the investigation, while defense counsel challenged the proceedings. Separately, a sessions court dismissed the interim bail of a police station head accused of unlawfully entering a judge's residence.

Lahore police obtained five-day custody of three suspects in a case involving the alleged abduction and sexual assault of two foreign women. Eight suspects, including high-profile individuals, have been arrested, and the victims left Pakistan on July 3. A sessions court also granted pre-arrest bail to an SHO accused of forcibly entering a magistrate's residence to record statements.

Lahore police were granted five-day custody of four suspects arrested for the alleged abduction and sexual assault of two foreign women from the Netherlands and Venezuela. The suspects, including a relative of a senior political personality, demanded a $1.5 million ransom before the assaults, according to the FIR. A court ordered the suspects to be produced before it on July 8 after their remand period.