MULTAN
A magistrate on Sunday sent a suspect in the Muzaffargarh rape case on three-day physical remand, a private TV channel reported.
During the hearing of the case, the suspect, identified as Nadir, denied all accusations levelled against him.
The magistrate issued orders to hand him over to police. Police said that they have collected evidence from the scene of the crime, including the clothes of both the victim and the suspect. DNA samples were collected from the clothing and have been sent to a lab for analysis. Police have also found a weapon from the scene.
ASSAULT CASE:
The rape victim had set herself on fire on March 13 in front of the Mir Hazar Khan police station after hearing that the suspects who had allegedly raped her were granted bail. With 70 percent of her body burnt, the girl succumbed to her injuries on March 14 in a hospital.
On March 15, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had announced Rs 500,000 for the grieving family. He had also visited the family in Muzaffargarh and assured them that those responsible for the tragedy would be held accountable.
He also ordered the arrest of three policemen and suspension of another for conducting a faulty investigation and making a mockery of justice in the case.
The father of the deceased, while speaking to Shahbaz, had claimed that the investigating officer took Rs 70,000 as a bribe and then declared the suspected rapists innocent and released them on bail.
Earlier, the mother of the victim had also threatened to set herself on fire if justice did not prevail.
