The Islamabad police have arrested the suspect involved in the recent alleged rape of a woman at one of the trails of the capital’s Margalla Hills, it said on Sunday.
In the early hours of Friday, the Islamabad police had registered link a first information report (FIR) after the woman had complained that a man had lured her with the prospect of a job and raped her at gunpoint on Thursday afternoon after taking her to the Margalla Hills’ trail 3 — an old hiking track that starts from Margalla Road in F-6 and leads to Viewpoint.
In a statement issued today, the Islamabad Police said it was successful in arresting the suspect after a three-day effort.
It added that it arrested the man late last night on “technical bases” after searching for him, claiming that the victim was not assisting the police in the investigation.
The statement also said that “the initial medical examination, the rape had not been proved”, and that there were “no signs of resistance or marks due to the bushes” at the trail.