The Lahore High Court (LHC) has taken notice of acid thrown on a woman who died at a hospital a day after she was critically injured near Miani Sahib Graveyard in Mozang. Lahore district and session judge has been directed to look into the matter and report within a week.
Police have not yet arrested the accused, identified as Saleem Ahmad alias Ishaq, of Yakki Gate. On Monday last, Naziran Bibi of Mangtanwala, Nankana Sahib was passing through the Ghazi Ilm-ud-Din shrine when the accused threw acid on her and fled. Police shifted the body for autopsy after the woman died at a local Hospital. A case under Section 302 and 7-ATA was registered on the complaint of the victim’s brother Imran who was accompanying her at the time of the attack.
Civil Lines SP (Investigation) Tariq Aziz said police were conducting raids to arrest the accused in light of the information from the victim’s family. He said the motive behind the attack would only be determined after the arrest of the accused, adding the victim could not give a statement before her death.
