A Pakistani court has framed charges against 8 accused, including Mohammad Raza Dar, grandson of Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, in the gang rape and kidnapping of two foreign women. All the accused have declared themselves innocent. The court has directed to produce witnesses on December 9. In this case, Raza Dar is accused of calling two women from Netherlands and Venezuela to Pakistan after a dispute over investment in cryptocurrency business. After this, she was held hostage in a house in Lahore, she was raped and money was extorted. However, in the police investigation report, Raza Dar and his four associates were given a clean chit from the charges of rape. The police had held Raza’s three employees responsible for this. Meeting in Singapore, money invested in cryptocurrency business According to the police report, Stephanie Adnana Mau-Arun of the Netherlands and Astrid Robinson Baracho of Venezuela met Raza Dar in Singapore in 2025. Both the women traded cryptocurrency. He had offered Raza to invest in his business. Raza invested money in the beginning and also got profits. After this he invested more than 5 lakh dollars (about Rs 4.75 crore) in the business. But this time he neither got any profit nor his money was returned. The controversy started regarding this matter. Raza called both the women to Pakistan in June 2026 on the pretext of returning the investment money. He told them that there they would be introduced to another investor. Both the women reached Pakistan and stayed in a hotel in Islamabad. She also went to visit Murree Hill Station of her own free will. After this, on June 29, he was taken to a house in Defense Housing Authority area of Lahore. It is alleged that he was taken hostage there and pressured to return the investment amount. Threatened with weapon, got $19,500 transferred. According to the police, armed people were stationed in the house. They threatened the women with knives, guns and broken glass. They were threatened that if they did not pay the money, they would be murdered and their body parts would be sold. The police report states that the women were forcibly transferred $19,500 i.e. approximately Rs 17 lakh. According to the statements of the women, the accused had demanded much more money from them. The women also made allegations of sexual and physical violence in their statements recorded before the magistrate. Rape was confirmed in the medical examination. When the car met with an accident, the women ran away. According to the allegations of the women, they were later being taken to Lahore Airport. During this time, his car met with an accident on the way. After the accident, both the women got a chance to ask for help and they escaped from there. After this the police took him under their protection. The statements of both the women were recorded before the magistrate and their medical examination was conducted. After a few days they returned to their respective countries. Police had given clean chit to Raza Dar. Police had made a total of 8 people accused in the case. But on November 3, Punjab Police presented the investigation report in the court. In this, Raza Dar and his four associates were given a clean chit from the charges of rape. Police said that no evidence of rape was found against these five. Instead, three of Raza’s employees were accused of sexual violence against women. The police had accused Raza Dar and his associates of illegally holding women hostage and extorting money from them. The police had also claimed to have recovered around 43 lakh Pakistani rupees extorted from the women. Questions were also raised on this police report. A lawyer for the accused alleged bias in the investigation, saying the main accused were being protected and their employees were being implicated. Now the hearing of the case will start in the court. Lahore court judge Rafaqat Ali Gondal framed charges against all the 8 accused including Raza Dar on November 10. All denied the allegations. The court has directed the prosecution to present witnesses on December 9. All the accused are currently in judicial custody. Now statements of witnesses and other evidence will be presented during the hearing of the case. All the accused will be considered legally innocent until the court’s decision. ———————–
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