Punjab

Sialkot lynching: all suspects arrested

A total of 35 suspects have been arrested. Preliminary investigation underway.

August 28, 2010

All suspects in the Sialkot lynching case of two brother have been arrested.

According to reports, 35 suspects have been arrested. Out of this number, seven are police officials and 28 are residents of the area.

The last people to be arrested were Ali Peter and Sub Inspector Gulzar, while SHO Police Rana Illyas is still at large.

The suspects will not be immediately moved to the Anti-Terrorism Court as Chief Minister Punjab's investigation committee has not yet finalized the necessary documentation. The suspects are to be presented before ATC on August 30.

COMMENTS (5)

Asma | 14 years ago | Reply If we as a Nation succeed in getting the justice then it will only prove to show the role media can play in changing our country for the better. Citizen journalism maybe our only route to salvation!

KM | 14 years ago | Reply Rana Ilyas being at large, endorses his involvement in lynching 100%. Sentence him to death, and he will meet his fate whenever he is caught.

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Shams | 14 years ago | Reply In 62 years of country’s history, there exist a long record of atrocities of Police departments instead of an institution with a humane spirit has been an instrumental to increase sufferings of common man. There is a proverb that Pakistani police can ascertain any theft a day before of of occurance-that is the department across the country is overwhelmed by black sheeps who niether have any sympathy nor ability to understand difference between right and wrong. Moreover, those in power utilized it as a rubber stamp not only against their rivals but also to terrorize a common man in society. In such a scenario, Sialkot is a mere a single case that got attention of nation media. Other wise, it was buried like other such inhuman cases in past. Let’s strengthen media to reveal antisocial tendencies in our contemporary society!

Syed A. Mateen | 14 years ago | Reply Security agencies should nab SHO Rana Illyas by all means as probably the police may be reluctant in arresting the SHO, being one of their colleagues.

Khurram Shahazad | 14 years ago | Reply Cheers up Hats Off to Punjab Govt.

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