LAHORE — The Station House Officer (SHO) of the Defence C police station was formally booked on Friday evening following allegations of forced and unauthorized entry into the official residence of a judicial magistrate in Dharampura.
The security breach was directly linked to an escalating, high-profile investigation involving the alleged gang-rape of two foreign nationals.
High-Profile Pressure Prompts Late-Night Breach
According to internal police and judicial sources, Defence C SHO Fariyad Ashraf arrived at the magistrate’s private residence well outside of designated court hours. The officer was demanding the immediate recording of mandatory victim statements under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
تھانہ ڈیفنس سی کے ایس ایچ او فریاد پر جج کی سرکاری رہائش گاہ پر بلااجازت جا گھسنے اور دھمکیاں لگانے پر مقدمہ درج pic.twitter.com/VM7klxSY9f
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The underlying criminal case had rapidly transformed into a sensitive diplomatic matter following the active intervention of a foreign embassy on behalf of one of the victims. The two foreign women had been lured to a residential property in C Block of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) under the pretext of a cryptocurrency business meeting, where they were subsequently abducted and assaulted by four suspects.
Citing the extreme urgency of the embassy-backed probe, SHO Ashraf reportedly forced entry into the compound. The magistrate expressed severe reservation over the operational intrusion, which was further aggravated by the fact that the SHO brought two armed police constables inside the residential perimeter.
Judicial Refusal and Legal Consequences
During the confrontation, the SHO reportedly attempted to pressure the magistrate into speaking with senior police commanders over the phone to bypass standard scheduling. The judicial officer flatly refused to engage, declaring the operational pressure and the home entry entirely unlawful. Concurrently, the accompanying police personnel allegedly threatened the judicial estate’s domestic staff with dire consequences.
Following an immediate formal complaint lodged by the magistrate to the police high command, an expedited internal inquiry was initiated. The executive findings resulted in the immediate registration of a criminal case against the SHO.
The case was registered under statutory clauses detailing the harassment of a judicial officer and unlawful trespass, filed on the formal complaint of the caretaker of the judicial residences.
