Teenager killed after being hung by a tree

Landlord, servant allegedly started torturing boy after his herd of goats entered landlord's fields

MUZAFFARGARH:

A landlord and his servant were arrested for allegedly torturing a teenage shepherd to death in a fit of anger after his herd of goats entered their field for grazing at a village in Ali Pur Tehsil on Friday.

Both the accused were arrested after DPO Tariq Wilayat took notice of the killing of Muhammad Hassan, a 10th class student and Hafiz-e-Quran.

Javed Iqbal, the uncle of the deceased, informed Alipur Sadar police that Hassan had been observing fast and taking care of the herd of goats when the landlord, Fayyaz Ghazlani, and his servant, Bilal Arain, allegedly started torturing him after the herd entered Ghazlani’s fields.

The accused then removed a string from the neck of a goat, tied it around Hassan’s neck and hanged him by a tree. He said he rushed to the area after he heard the hue and cry of his nephew and brought him to the ground.

However, by that time he had died, according to the FIR. Alipur Sadar police arrested both the accused and started investigation.

A few days ago, unidentified men allegedly barged into a hostel and tortured a first-year student to death.

According to the police, a case was lodged at the People’s Colony police station by Mansib Ali, a resident of Hafizabad district, who stated that his nephew, Muhammad Sulaiman, was a first year student at a private college located on Jaranwala Road and was living in Al-Jannat Hostel.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 23^rd, 2022.