LAHORE: Despite passage of three days, the Law Enforcement Agencies have failed to arrest the suspects who raped and looted a woman in front of her children on motorway near Gujjarpura.
According to details, the concerned authorities have shortlisted over 70 people with criminal records and their location at the time of the incident is also being monitored. Detectives have also been hired for the inspection of footprints collected from the crime scene.
In a statement, Inspector General of Punjab (IG) Inam Ghani told that traditional and advance techniques are being used to investigate the case. Suspicious points have been mark around 5 kilometers from the incident site, he went on to say.
Prime Minister Imran Khan took notice of recent sexual assault crimes reported in Lahore and Karachi, specifically the rape of a woman on Lahore Ring Road and murder of a 5-year-old child after being raped in Karachi.
Federal Minister Faisal Vawda called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in which the political and national situation was discussed in detail.
Faisal Vawda raised the issue of Marwa, the 5 year old girl who was killed after being raped in Karachi and another rape incident that took place with a woman on Lahore Ring Road late Wednesday night.
Taking note of these incidents, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that such crimes are extremely shameful for any civilized society, law enforcement agencies have been tasked with arresting the culprits at the earliest.
Punjab government constituted a high level committee to investigate the motorway rape case
The committee will be headed by Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat while Additional Chief Secretary Home Department Momin Agha, Additional IG Special Branch, DIG Investigation Punjab and DG Forensic Science Agency will be the other members.
The committee has been tasked to complete the investigation within three days and submit the report to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.
IG Punjab Inam Ghani has also formed a six-member special investigation committee to investigate the Motorway rape case.
DIG Investigation Lahore Shahzada Sultan will head the committee while SSP Investigation Lahore Zeeshan Asghar, RO Special Branch Lahore Jahanzeb Nazir, RO CTD Lahore Naseebullah Khan, SP CIA Lahore Asim Iftikhar and in charge Gender Crimes Civil Lines Lahore Miss Fiza Azam will be the other members of the committee.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar said that the perpetrators of Lahore motorway gang rape will be arrested soon.
Talking to media Buzdar said that the area where the incident took place has been geo-fenced. “We cannot neglect our duties. On this incident, we have formed a committee headed by the Home Secretary. Whatever the outcome, we will present it to the nation”, he added.
“We will soon arrest the culprits,” he said. Every aspect of this incident will be investigated, we will not run away from our duties, he assured.
