Motorway rape: Key suspect's wife says she is unaware of his whereabouts.

LAHORE -- Law enforcement agencies have recorded the initial statement of the wife of the key suspect in the motorway gang-rape case, Abid Malhi, officials said on Thursday. She was taken into custody on Wednesday night.

Hasnain Haider, a deputy superintendent (DSP) of the Crime Investigation Agency's (CIA), said that Abid Malhi's wife was arrested from the house of the suspect's parents.

In her initial statement, she said that she was unaware of Abid's whereabouts who - according to her - escaped when law enforcement officials conducted a raid. After Abid escaped, his wife came to Manga Mandi in Lahore.

She further said that she has not been in contact with Abid, who continues to evade arrest.

DSP Haider said that law enforcement officials were interrogating every person taken into custody so far but are yet to trace Abid's location.

Last week, two robbers on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway had gang-raped a mother of two in front of her children in an area falling within the Gujjarpura police jurisdiction. The incident caused a countrywide outpouring of anger and brought sexual violence...