KARACHI: All three accused of the gang-raping case have been arrested from different places, a statement issued by the spokesperson of Railway Headquarters said on Monday.
According to the statement, the accused were arrested from Samundari, Jahanian, and Shorkot and identified as Zohaib, Zahid, and Aqib.
Earlier it was reported that a woman traveling on a Karachi-bound Bahauddin Zakaria Express from Muzaffargarh was gang-raped by two ticket checkers and a supervisor on the train.
The victim boarded Bahauddin Zakaria Express from Muzaffargarh on May 27 which was bound for Karachi via Multan and she alleged that two ticket checkers and a supervisor gang-raped her.
According to the FIR, the husband had divorced the woman a month and a half ago. The woman reached Muzaffargarh on May 26 to meet her children and left for Karachi on May 27 via Zakaria Express.
The woman did not get a seat at the station but she got an economy class ticket and started her journey. Arriving at Rohri, Zahid, an employee of the train who was checking the tickets, asked the woman to travel in the berth of the AC bogie and introduced her to the in-charge named Aqib.
The woman was later allowed to travel in an AC bogie. After some time, Zahid came and raped the woman. When the woman tried to go to economy class, she was threatened with death. Aqib also raped the woman.
According to the text of the case, another man also raped the woman who could not be identified. The woman reached Karachi and informed the police and a case of the incident was registered after which a search for the accused and an investigation into the incident was started.
