Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday took notice of a news report published in a section of the press regarding kidnapping and murder of a nine-year-old boy in Bahawalpur.
The LHC Complaint Cell directed the Bahawalpur district and sessions judge to probe into the matter and submit a detailed report regarding steps taken by police, along with his own comments.
According to details, Muhammad Zulfiqar, father of the deceased child, his son went missing but police registered a complaint hesitantly. He said the kidnappers called him and demanded Rs 3 million as ransom.
Zulfiqar said the matter was reported to police which arrested a suspect but released him after two days. The very next day, they found the child’s body in fields in front of the police station.
Zulfiqar said he had named two suspects in the first information report (FIR) but police let both of them go and refused to mention the ransom amount in the FIR.
The family of the deceased child staged a protest at DCO
Chowk Bahawalpur and said they would hold a sit-in on
Khairpur Tamewali Road which would last until police arrested the culprits.
