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LAHORE: Police have arrested a second suspect in the alleged sexual assault of an Azerbaijani woman in Lahore's Defence area, while efforts are underway to track down a third accused in the case.
According to investigators, the second suspect was brought to Lahore for further questioning.
Police said the two arrested suspects would be produced before a court on Tuesday as efforts to apprehend the third suspect continued.
The development came three days after the woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by three men in Lahore's Defence area.
Investigators were conducting raids at various locations to arrest the third suspect, police said.
Police had earlier arrested a man identified as Mohsin, whom they described as a key suspect, from Lahore.
Two other people were also detained on suspicion of facilitating the alleged assault and were being questioned.
According to police, the incident took place on the night between Friday and Saturday after the Azerbaijani woman was taken to a cafe by two local women.
Police said the women had three male acquaintances at the cafe, where the foreign woman was given a substance suspected of being spiked with a drug before she was sexually assaulted.
The suspects later left the woman near the airport and fled, police said.
Police said a medical report issued on Monday contained findings related to the alleged sexual assault.
Investigators also recovered a vehicle believed to have been used in the incident from the home of a relative of one of the suspects. The relative had reportedly fled, police said.
Police had earlier placed the suspects on the stop list and said they would record the woman's statement once doctors deemed her fit to give it.
Investigators said the woman could understand and speak Urdu.
Police said the woman had visited Lahore several times in connection with her clothing business and regularly travelled between Lahore and Faisalabad for work.
