Bereaved family alleges police apathy in Defence tragedy investigation
Pakistan
Six members of a family were killed in Defence Phase 7
LAHORE (Dunya News) - A bereaved family, having lost six members in an accident, alleges that police are not cooperating with them during the investigation.
A couple of days ago, six members of a family died in Defence's Phase 7 in an accident involving two vehicles. One of the vehicles was rashly driven by a young driver, it was reported.
The victim's family said it was not an incident but targeted killing. Expressing annoyance, the family said police were not cooperating with them during the investigation.
Sources said new details of the incident emerged during investigation of the case and it was detected that Afnan, a young driver of the rashly-driven vehicle, had arguments with the deceased persons before the unfortunate accident occurred. They said starting from Y block, Afnan started to chase the vehicle in which women were also sitting.
Hasnain, driver of the vehicle carrying the deceased, tried to avoid Afnan but to no avail. They said Afnan kept chasing and harassed the riders. In Y Block, Hasnain stopped his car and reprimanded Afnan. However, Afnan kept harassing the women and also threatened them with dire consequences.
According to sources, Afnan, in a threatening tone, warned the victim's family. They said Hasnain, along with his wife and sister, moved from the spot. After taking round of McDonald’s Chowk, Afnan then accelerated his car and hit Hasnain’s vehicle killing all the riders on the spot.
Four people who reached the spot to rescue Afnan fled the scene seeing the enraged public.
Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has directed IGP Dr Usman Anwar to incorporate anti-terrorism sections in the case.
