Suspect in foreign woman rape case sent to jail on 14-day remand

A court in Lahore on Saturday sent Ahmed Tanveer, arrested in a case involving the alleged rape of an Azerbaijani woman, to jail on 14-day judicial remand and directed police to arrange his medical examination and an identification parade.

Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Saeed Saim announced the reserved decision on a police request.

During the hearing, the suspect’s lawyer, Safdar Shaheen Pirzada, opposed the police request, alleging that his client had been subjected to torture. He asked the court to order a thorough medical examination.

The court asked Tanveer whether he had been tortured and wanted to undergo a medical examination. He replied that he had been tortured and wished to be medically examined.

The defence lawyer also argued that police were presenting an old incident as a new one and claimed that Tanveer had previously secured bail in the case.

The Ichhra police station registered the case against Tanveer over the alleged rape of the foreign woman.

Earlier, in a U-turn, the alleged victim, Diana, had declared Tanveer innocent and appealed for the case to be dropped.