Last surviving suspect of Hafizabad gang rape incident killed in police encounter

HAFIZABAD: The third and final surviving suspect if the Hafizabad gang-rape case has been killed in a police encounter, according to latest reports. Prior to this, the other two suspects were killed by gunfire from their own accomplices.

The tragic incident is of the gang rape of a woman in front of her husband in Hafizabad on April 25, 2025 in Nowshera Virkan. An FIR was registered at the Kassoki Police Station on June 3, which said that the suspects after raping the woman, allegedly forced her and her husband at gunpoint to engage in sexual intercourse, and filmed the act, before they fled.

Local police claimed that the incident occurred over a month ago, but the victim’s husband only registered the case after a video of the alleged gang rape was uploaded on social media by the perpetrators.

The day after the FIR was filed on June 4, police claimed to have taken one suspect into custody but he was found killed under mysterious circumstances with police claiming the suspect was killed by his accomplices during crossfire.

On June 5, Hafizabad counter-terrorism department (CTD) in-charge Ijaz Ahmed told media that after the suspect was detained, police were taking him along to arrest the other suspects when his accomplices opened fire on the police to free him. The suspect was also hit by bullets and died on the spot.

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