IO told to file forensic report of train gang rape video.

KARACHI -- A judicial magistrate on Monday sent five employees of a privately managed train to prison for their alleged involvement in a case pertaining to the gang rape of a woman in moving train.

The court also directed the investigating officer of the case to submit the forensic analysis report of footage of gang rape made by the suspects.

The Railway police booked five employees - train manager and four ticket checkers - of the Bahauddin Zakaria Express for allegedly sexually assaulting a 25-year-old victim on May 27.

On Monday, the IO, Inspector Habibullah Khattak, produced all the held suspects before Judicial Magistrate (South) Shahnawaz upon expiry of their physical remand in police custody.

The magistrate inquired from the IO about the progress in the investigation.

He informed the court that during interrogation the suspects disclosed to have not only raped the victim on turns but also filmed the immoral incident in a bid to blackmail her.

He said the cell phones of the suspects had already been recovered to retrieve the alleged footage.

However, he requested for time to send the purported footage to the laboratory for its forensic analysis to determine its authenticity and submit a report.

He also requested the magistrate to grant an extension in the physical remand of the suspects.

Declining the request, the magistrate remanded them in judicial...

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