Crime: LHC seeks report on kidnap-murder
Police informed Kashif’s family who identified him.
LAHORE:
The Lahore High Court on Thursday took notice of the reported killing of a ninth-grader after he was kidnapped from Factory Area. The Complaints Cell of the LHC has directed the district and sessions judge to probe into the matter and submit a detailed report regarding steps taken by the police and his own comments. It was earlier reported that Kashif Mehmood, son of Feroze Din, a resident of Yasin Town, Ghazi Road, had never returned home after he went out for an errand. His brother, Shafaqat, had lodged a missing-person complaint with Factory Area police. The following day, the boy’s body was found hanging in a plaza in the area. Police informed Kashif’s family who identified him.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 21st, 2013.
The Lahore High Court on Thursday took notice of the reported killing of a ninth-grader after he was kidnapped from Factory Area. The Complaints Cell of the LHC has directed the district and sessions judge to probe into the matter and submit a detailed report regarding steps taken by the police and his own comments. It was earlier reported that Kashif Mehmood, son of Feroze Din, a resident of Yasin Town, Ghazi Road, had never returned home after he went out for an errand. His brother, Shafaqat, had lodged a missing-person complaint with Factory Area police. The following day, the boy’s body was found hanging in a plaza in the area. Police informed Kashif’s family who identified him.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 21st, 2013.