ISLAMABAD-
The Supreme Court ordered Punjab Police Inspector General on Wednesday to submit a report over the self-immolation case of a girl in Bet Mir Hazar area in protest of the bail granted to her alleged rapist, a private news channel reported.
A three-member bench of the SC, headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, was hearing the suo motu case today.
The victim’s mother, during the court proceeding, lamented that no suspect had been arrested.
She added that she wants justice.
Chief Justice Jillani assured her that justice would be served.
The District Police Officer informed the bench that the clothes of the victim and her alleged rapist have been sent for a forensic test.
On March 15, the girl had set herself on fire outside a police station in Bet Mir Hazar area in protest of the release of her alleged rapist from jail.
She succumbed to her burn injuries in the hospital.
