Lahore - Arab Today
Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has directed that heartless murderer and rape accused of the minor girl should be arrested immediately and no excuses will be accepted in this regard.
He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Law and Order held here on Saturday
in which the Inspector General Police (IGP) gave a briefing on the callous rape and murder case of the minor girl in Kasur.
Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said facts should be brought before the public after the arrest of
the accused so that the victim family could get justice, adding extreme brutality was inflicted on the minor girl and
heartless accused would have to pay for it.
He said the killer could not escape justice and would get exemplary punishment. He said all requirements of
justice would be fulfilled in the deaths of two persons in the firing incident and the accused would be punished.
He said he would personally monitor the progress on both cases. He directed the IGP to visit Kasur daily to
review progress on both cases and for this purpose IGP could use helicopter of the chief minister.
Directing the DG Punjab forensic laboratory and the additional secretary Home department to immediately leave
for Kasur, he said both officers would discharge affairs of their concerning departments in connection with both cases.
He said he was under extreme agony and stress due to this case and only wanted the arrest of the accused.
Provincial ministers Rana Sanaullah Khan, Lt Col (retd) Ayub Ghadi and Khawaja Imran Nazir, and concerning officials
attended the meeting in Lahore, while the head of the Joint Investigation Team RPO Multan, RPO Sheikhupura and DPO Kasur
attended the meeting through video link.
Source: APP