Couple held in Lahore for filming sexual assault of women, blackmailing

Police say wife would lure women to her house and husband raped them

LAHORE: The Lahore Investigations police have arrested a couple for filming the sexual assault of women and blackmailing them.

During investigation, the suspects confessed to police that they sexually assaulted many women and filmed their ordeal for blackmailing.

The arrested suspects were identified as Salamat Ali and his wife Razia Sultana.

According to details, Razia would lure women through different means and her husband would rape them while she would make the videos. Afterwards, they would blackmail them on the pretext that they would make these videos viral.

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Police came to know about the heinous crime after a complainant, a resident of Mohlanwal, told police that Razia is her neighbour and she was on good terms with her.

“A few days ago, Razia’s husband assaulted me while Razia filmed it,” she told police.

The suspects later started blackmailing and demanding money on pretext of making videos viral on refusal, she added.

An FIR was registered against the couple and the case was referred to Anti-Gender Based Violence Cell Cantonment Division. The cell investigated the case and arrested the suspects.

Police officials said that they were investigating the matter further.