Unable to arrest Kasur killer, LHC gives 24 hours deadline to police

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday, extended the deadline given to the Punjab Police for the arrest of the culprit(s) behind the gruesome rape and murder of seven-year-old girl Zainab in Kasur.

The LHC had initially given a deadline of 36 hours to the police to arrest the person or group behind the killing but so far there have been no leads. A two-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, is hearing the case and the bench ordered setting up a special child court in which such cases should be heard on a daily basis for the early dispensation of justice.

When the bench resumed hearing the case on Monday, the judge said that the police should admit that they showed negligence in the case, due to which the crime took place. “Had the police taken strict action in June 2015 against accused persons [in Kasur’s infamous child pornography case], the incident of [the rape and murder of] Zainab would not have occurred,” Justice Shah observed.

The petition in the Zainab murder case was filed through senior advocate Azhar Siddique and Shahin Pirzada. During the hearing, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) could not appear before the court and an additional IG Punjab appeared on his behalf. Noting his absence, the petitioner’s counsel said that the IGP’s absence shows how seriously the police department is taking Zainab’s case.

Meanwhile, the Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) chief told the court that the PFSA had conducted Zainab’s DNA test whose result matched with those from seven previous tests.

“This means there is one serial killer behind the incidents who first abducts the minors, rapes them and then kills them. The police have investigated 67 suspects but they are not the actual culprits,” he said, adding that all measurers had been taken for the arrest of the actual accused.

According to reports, the police has collected DNA samples of all the residents of two police stations of Kasur where the incidents of killing minor girls had been reported.

“Teams of forensic experts are visiting every house in the locality to collect samples. The police are also compiling record of the residents to spot if someone has gone missing in the last few days,” the additional IGP said.

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