Six arrested for gang-rape of teenage girl in Lahore

Rape survivor was found unconscious in a hotel after reported missing on Friday

LAHORE: Police arrested six people on Saturday accused of involvement in the gang-rape of a teenage girl in Lahore.

The 15-year-old survivor had left for a tailor’s shop near her house on Friday when she went missing, the complainant said.

Her family received a message on Sunday that she was lying unconscious in a room of a hotel situated in Upper Mall, Lahore.

Police recovered her and arrested six people, including the hotel manager.



The medical examination of the victim was conducted at Services Hospital, the results of which showed she had been gang raped, police said.

Police have registered a case against the accused persons, identified asAdnan Sana Ullah, Abdul Majid, Muhamamd Umar, Qamar Zaman, Ameer Muhammad, Haris and Bilal under sections 376 (ii), 506 of PPC on the complaint of the victim's mother.