The Lahore High Court (LHC) directed Chiniot’s District & Sessions Judge (D&SJ) to probe into the acid-throwing incident on a person by his father and brother.
The DSJ was also directed to submit a detailed report regarding the steps taken by the local police and to provide his own comments.
The LHC issued these orders after taking notice of the news published in a section of press that revealed that acid was thrown on a man by his brother and father.
Chak Babar’s Muhammad Afzal had kept 150 grams of gold and several sacks of wheat with his father Sher Muhammad as trust two weeks ago. When Afzal asked him to return the valuables, his father refused and sent him back saying that he had spent all his life’s earning on his children and that it was time for them to pay him back. This led to an argument and Sher called his other son, Muhammad Ashraf, and locked the door of the room they were in. Together, they beat up Afzal and threw acid on him and then fled. Afzal’s wife and mother informed the police of the incident. Afzal was taken to the DHQ hospital where doctors said that he had sustained 60 percent burns.
