Screengrab of the sketch of the accused in the Lahore rape case. PHOTO: EXPRESS
A sample of his blood has been sent to forensic labs which will test if it matches a sample taken from clothes found at the crime scene.
A sketch of the suspect was prepared using witness accounts and CCTV footage and the police have said that this sketch was of great aid in their investigation.
Police had taken several people into custody over the last four days of which ten suspects were investigated. These suspects were ruled out based on differences of height and other identifying features.
The height of the accused was determined as five feet, two inches based on the CCTV footage.
Background
The child was found outside a Lahore hospital at around 8:00 pm on Friday, a day after she went missing from a low-income neighbourhood in the city.
Doctors said the child was raped several times and after receiving emergency care was transferred to the intensive care unit of nearby Services hospital.
The rape survivor underwent a surgery, while two more operations are scheduled for the coming weeks, according to her doctor.
As per details gathered from the hospital, she is responsive but is not speaking.
Earlier, the police had identified a man named Shehzad Kabaariya as the main suspect. They had detained more than 70 people, most of whom were allowed to leave after initial interrogation.
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@Rana Majid Khan:
Rapes have been occuring since a long long time. Conquerers always raped the women of the region they took control over once they killed the men in battle. Most religions have also spread with the sword and the women of these takenover regions were abused since the beginning of time. There was no one to complain to and they got on with life.
Even with laws there was no reporting previously. Its about a value system. Women in the west are far safer than in South Asia and in the west porn is readily available.
@Insaan: wrote : "@Zara: There are a lot of such cases. This is exactly why talibans don’t want little girls to go to school."
So instead of caging the beasts, the Taliban want to cage the little girls.
Let's hope insaan is sane enough not to rationalize Taliban agenda.
@Rizwan Ali: You are basiclly saying normal people should kill him based on hearsay. He has not been proven guilty by any court of law. Not that Im saying he is innocent for this heinous crime but let the law of the land take its course. If the law fails then we must change the law. Taking law into your own hands is plain stupidity in the long run cause no punishment should be given to anybody unless they have been proven guilty by a system that is agreeable to all. Thats the only way the moral fabric and intrinsic systems of the country can be changed and solidified.
@Zara: There are a lot of such cases.
This is exactly why talibans don't want little girls to go to school.
Here is another rape crime which we should deal with.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2091669/Sunny-Islam-Strict-Muslim-raped-4-women-knifepoint-punish-them.html
All the rapists should be castrated.
Its not about just one case. There are a lot of such cases. Although these people should be stoned to death but one more thing should be done. Find the cause that stimulates such ppl. How can one do such inhuman act? whatz psyche such ppl have?
As long as there is death penalty for rape,rapist will never be convicted
Four male witnesses are required. Where will they get them or how would the law be applied?
I am still amazed that over 90 mins of CCTV footage is missing.
If I finds him I will kill him and later on will inform the police that " I found a dead body
Is it okay to publish name of suspect? If it is under investigation, the name should not be revealed. Even if the crime is not proven, the suspect would find difficulties on social aspects.
I feel shame to be a man.......!
There should be a public execution of this beast just like it is done in Iran.
In the presence of Zia ul Haq's law, there is no use of forensic tests. As these will not be accepted by courts. So first dare to change them.
Such brute savages must be hanged in front of general public.
should be punished to death by rape.