A third accomplice of the two prime suspects in the motorway gang rape casehas been detained, police confirmed on Tuesday, while key suspect Abid Aliremains at large.
Police said a man named Bala Mistri, identified by the arrested suspectShafqat Ali as the third person in the Lahore motorway gang rape case, hasbeen taken into custody.
According to details, Bala Mistri was with them on that night but had leftbefore the incident.
The police said that he has been involved in various crimes alongside Abidin the past as well.
A day prior, sources informed that suspect Shafqat told police a third namein the motorway rape case during interrogation.
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According to Shafqat, Mistri called him and the prime suspect Abid toLahore and all three gathered in Shahdara where they had food together.They “went to commit the crime but Bala Mistri turned back halfway,” he hadtold police, according to sources.
Shafqat had also told police that he and Abid had tried to rape a woman inSheikhupura a month earlier but fled as Punjab police arrived on the scene.
