DIG Investigation briefs Senate committee on Zainab case
DIG Investigation informed the committee that DNA of 696 suspects had been taken since November 2017
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - DIG Investigation Abu Bakar Khudabukhsh appeared before Senate Standing Committee of Interior to brief the committee on Zainab Murder case.
DIG Investigation informed the committee that DNA of 696 suspects had been taken since November 2017 and 692 people investigated in cases related to child rape and murder. He told the committee that the results of those DNA tests still remained elusive.
He said that 11 similar incidents had happened from 2015 till the time of briefing. Based on those investigations, he claimed that the culprit in 6 incidents was the same person and the ages of those girls were between 5 to 10 years.
Since July 2017, Asma, Laiba, Tehmina, Noor Fatima, Emaan Fatima and Sana have become the victims of rape and murder.
DIG Investigation failed to give any assurances as to the capture of the culprits, saying that could take days or even months. He said that the police was doing all in its capacity to apprehend the culprits at the earliest.
Zainab’s mother, becoming the voice of all the affected mothers, demanded that the culprits be arrested as soon as possible and brought to mothers’ court. She held the police responsible for failing to curb the murders.
The committee suggested amending Pakistan Penal Code to include the punishment of public hanging of pedophiles and child murderers.
