Police ‘inaction’: Aggrieved father demands justice
Claims police doing nothing to arrest culprits behind daughter’s murder.
Rehman had lodged an FIR at the Dera Town police station, claiming the police is not taking the case seriously. PHOTO: FILE
DI KHAN:
The father of a nine-year-old girl who was raped and killed has demanded the Peshawar High Court, the chief minister and other government high-ups take notice of the incident and inaction of the police.
Abdur Rehman said his daughter, Shumaila, went missing on May 6 and her body was later found in Luchara Colony, close to their house in Zafarabad Colony.
A Dera Town police official told The Express Tribune that after recovering the body, police shifted it to District Headquarters and Teaching Hospital for an autopsy which confirmed the girl had been raped.
Rehman had lodged an FIR at the Dera Town police station, claiming the police is not taking the case seriously.
The incident has raised concerns among residents who have called for strict punishment for the culprits.
A rally was also taken out in the city by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl against the police’s failure to nab the men involved.
The protesters held a symbolic funeral prayer for the victim and chanted slogans against the provincial government and police for failing to provide justice to the girl’s family. They also blocked Circular Road for around an hour, causing a huge traffic jam.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 12th, 2014.
The father of a nine-year-old girl who was raped and killed has demanded the Peshawar High Court, the chief minister and other government high-ups take notice of the incident and inaction of the police.
Abdur Rehman said his daughter, Shumaila, went missing on May 6 and her body was later found in Luchara Colony, close to their house in Zafarabad Colony.
A Dera Town police official told The Express Tribune that after recovering the body, police shifted it to District Headquarters and Teaching Hospital for an autopsy which confirmed the girl had been raped.
Rehman had lodged an FIR at the Dera Town police station, claiming the police is not taking the case seriously.
The incident has raised concerns among residents who have called for strict punishment for the culprits.
A rally was also taken out in the city by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl against the police’s failure to nab the men involved.
The protesters held a symbolic funeral prayer for the victim and chanted slogans against the provincial government and police for failing to provide justice to the girl’s family. They also blocked Circular Road for around an hour, causing a huge traffic jam.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 12th, 2014.