MULTAN: Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court Multan Bench has told the Punjab Police to transfer the investigation of the Kabirwala rape case. The local police should no longer handle the case because powerful people in the area are influencing the investigation.
| Comes as a surprise, doesn't it? |
The court issued the orders on a writ petition filed by Muhammad Nawaz Ratti, Mumtaz Mai and Mudassan Mai. They said in the petition that a local jury (panchayat) had given a judgement on April 30 allowing Abdul Ghaffar Jeer to rape Mumtaz and Mudassan because his daughter Shaheena had allegedly been raped by Mumtaz’s brother Riaz.
"Justice will be done! Getcher drawers off, girly!"
"But I didn't do nuttin'!" |
They said they had little hope that the local police would do justice and the case should be investigated by an officer from another district. The court admitted their plea, asking the additional inspector general of police for investigation to transfer the case from Khanewal district. Meanwhile, Nawaz Ratti told reporters that influential Kabirwala families such as the Hiraj, Jeer and Naich have socially boycotted his family to pressure him to withdraw the case. |