Fugitive in acid attack case nabbed

A man who fled after allegedly killing a woman in an acid attack in Jalalpur Pirwala last year was brought back into police custody with the help of Interpol, police said on Thursday.

The arrested fugitive, identified as Muhammad Arshad, allegedly forced entry into the home Hafiza Bibi in Jalalpur Pirwala with his accomplices and threw acid on her in 2022.

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She later succumbed to her injuries, while her 6-year-old son Faisal was also injured.

A police spokesman said that on the orders of IGP Punjab Dr Usman Anwar, CPO Multan Mansoor Ul Haq Rana issued standing orders for the arrest of proclaimed offenders even if they had escaped abroad.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 1^st, 2023.