LOWER DIR: The Munda police right here have arrested three suspects, together with head of an orphanage-cum-seminary and his son, in Mandizo space of Jandol after they had been charged by the daddy of a seven-year-old woman together with her assault and homicide.
The police arrested the seminary head, Maulana Ziaul Haq Haidari on Thursday evening, and his son, Abu Bakar and physique guard, Sanaullah, on Friday. They had been produced earlier than a judicial Justice of the Peace, who remanded them for 4 days.
An FIR of the case was registered underneath sections 302 (intentional homicide) and 376 (rape) of Pakistan Penal Code and part 53 (sexual abuse) of KP Little one Safety and Welfare Act.
Sartaj, the sufferer’s father, instructed the police within the FIR that the seminary administration knowledgeable him on Could 17 that his daughter had died and acquire her physique. He, nonetheless, claimed his daughter was killed a number of days in the past and her physique was saved hidden within the seminary.
HRCP asks govt to make sure justice to sufferer’s household
The complainant mentioned after the woman’s postmortem report, which he obtained on Could 23, he obtained registered a case towards the seminary head, his son, his physique guard and others for his daughter’s homicide.
The complainant mentioned he had obtained his daughter admitted to the seminary a month in the past.
Official sources mentioned the medical report confirmed the woman’s demise was attributable to torture. The postmortem was performed on the District Headquarters Hospital, Timergara.
Delay in postmortem report triggered calls from public circles and social media activists that an neutral and clear investigation needs to be performed into the case. Space elders additionally met district police officer Mazhar Iqbal, asking him to order probe into the matter.
The administration of the orphanage/seminary had earlier claimed the minor woman had died after quilts fell over her.
The sources mentioned an investigation group supervised by SP investigations Rashid Ahmad had been shaped to research the case.
In the meantime, civil society activists demanded of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to order a judicial inquiry into the woman’s homicide.
Maulana Ziaul Haq Haidari is understood all through the area for his fiery speeches and political affect.
Earlier, he was main the Pakistan Rah-i-Haq Celebration as its district head, however he joined Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf earlier than the Feb 8 elections. He additionally contested polls for the provincial meeting seat prior to now.
At present, he’s serving as chairman of the dispute decision council within the Jandol subdivision.
In the meantime, the Human Rights Fee of Pakistan on Friday demanded of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities to make sure justice to the deceased woman’s household, who was allegedly raped and murdered at a seminary in Dir.
A press launch issued right here mentioned the HRCP was shocked to be taught in regards to the rape and homicide of the woman. “With over 4,200 baby abuse instances had been reported in 2023 throughout Pakistan, violence towards youngsters is completely inexcusable and should be handled a extreme hand,” the discharge mentioned.
The HRCP urged the KP authorities to carry the arrested perpetrators accountable to the fullest extent of the regulation in order that the tradition of impunity should be ended now.
Printed in Daybreak, Could twenty fifth, 2024