Bhakkar’s maneaters: Cannibals’ relative suspects his baby may be a victim
Nine-month-old baby was buried in graveyard targeted by the two men.
Express News screengrab of the brothers.
BHAKKAR:
A resident of Kahawar Kalan town near Darya Khan, where two men have been accused of cannibalism, has claimed that one of the brothers’ victims may have been his nine-month-old baby boy.
Ashiq Hussain, reportedly a relative of the two men, said his baby was buried last Wednesday in the same graveyard that the two brothers, Arif and Farman, targeted when they consumed human flesh. The recovery of a child’s head from the brothers’ house on Monday confirmed that the two – jailed three years ago for the same crime – had committed the crime once more.
The special team at Bhakkar’s Kallur Kot police station says it has not received any substantial information regarding victims from the brothers on the first day of investigation. The two men say they stole the child’s body from the graveyard at night and they are now unable to identify the exact location of the grave.
DSP Akram Khan Niazi said Ashiq Hussain’s claim can be verified if the sessions court allows officials to re-dig the grave the child was buried in.
The two brothers have been moved from Kallur Kot station to an undisclosed location for security reasons.
Meanwhile, another funeral shroud was recovered from the brothers’ house, causing unrest among locals. Police and Elite Force officials have been deployed at the house after locals attacked it on Monday.
Police said they have contacted the brothers’ relatives, including their third brother, as they wanted to hand over Arif and Farman’s belongings. Their relatives have refused to take possession of these items. Police said the house will be sealed after handing the brothers’ possessions over to any relative.
DSP Akram Khan Niazi refuted rumours that the accused have gone on a hunger strike and are refusing to eat anything.
TRANSLATED BY ARSHAD SHAHEEN
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2014.
A resident of Kahawar Kalan town near Darya Khan, where two men have been accused of cannibalism, has claimed that one of the brothers’ victims may have been his nine-month-old baby boy.
Ashiq Hussain, reportedly a relative of the two men, said his baby was buried last Wednesday in the same graveyard that the two brothers, Arif and Farman, targeted when they consumed human flesh. The recovery of a child’s head from the brothers’ house on Monday confirmed that the two – jailed three years ago for the same crime – had committed the crime once more.
The special team at Bhakkar’s Kallur Kot police station says it has not received any substantial information regarding victims from the brothers on the first day of investigation. The two men say they stole the child’s body from the graveyard at night and they are now unable to identify the exact location of the grave.
DSP Akram Khan Niazi said Ashiq Hussain’s claim can be verified if the sessions court allows officials to re-dig the grave the child was buried in.
The two brothers have been moved from Kallur Kot station to an undisclosed location for security reasons.
Meanwhile, another funeral shroud was recovered from the brothers’ house, causing unrest among locals. Police and Elite Force officials have been deployed at the house after locals attacked it on Monday.
Police said they have contacted the brothers’ relatives, including their third brother, as they wanted to hand over Arif and Farman’s belongings. Their relatives have refused to take possession of these items. Police said the house will be sealed after handing the brothers’ possessions over to any relative.
DSP Akram Khan Niazi refuted rumours that the accused have gone on a hunger strike and are refusing to eat anything.
TRANSLATED BY ARSHAD SHAHEEN
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2014.