Pak minor raped, killed: Court calls for arrest within 36 hours
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ordered the police chief of Pakistan’s Punjab province to arrest within 36 hours the culprit behind the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl that shook the country.
High court chief justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, hearing a petition filed by an advocate to arrest the culprit, expressed surprise that despite reports of earlier incidents of similar nature from Kasur district of Punjab province, none of the cases were brought to the court.
The chief justice ordered the police to submit details of all the cases of child sexual abuse that had taken place in the area, adding that he would also demand a report on the cases from the sessions judge, DawnNews reported.
Shah warned that the court would not tolerate any delay in the case, at which the IGP assured him that the culprit would be caught.
The hearing was adjourned until January 15.
On January 10, protests had erupted in Kasur after the child’s body was found in a garbage heap. Autopsy reports revealed that the girl was subjected to rape, torture and was then strangled to death.
The horrific incident triggered public outrage throughout the country with people demanding justice for the child.
The girl’s murder was the 12th such incident reported in Kasur district in a year.