LAHORE: Lahore police officials, on Wednesday, have handed over a man arrested due to his resemblance to the prime suspect appearing on the CCTV footage with late Zainab, to the Kasur authorities where the police will conduct his DNA test to ascertain his role in the heinous rape and murder case of the seven-year-old minor.
The man was arrested from Bhatta Chowk, Lahore earlier this week. The authorities have informed that the suspect’s mobile phone location shows he was in Kasur at the time of the crime.
Speaking on the case, DIG Operations Haider Ashraf said that Lahore police is providing its utmost assistance for the Kasur case.
Earlier, on January 11, Punjab IGP Arif Nawaz Khan submitted his report to the Supreme Court on the rape and murder of Zainab. Chief Justice of Pakistan had taken suo moto of the case and directed police to submit a report in 24 hours.
The IGP informed the Supreme Court that so far 227 people have been interrogated in the said case.
The province’s top police official also submitted the medical examination report conducted by the Women Medical Centre (WMC), containing details of the victim’s body. The postmortem report, shared with the apex court, said that the Zainab’s body was partially covered in mud and her remains were decayed. The child had also suffered multiple injuries including bone fractures.
“A large number of CCTV footages acquired from various cameras installed on nearby streets were examined by a number of officials when the IT team managed to rummage through and pull out the video footage of the unidentified suspect taking Zainab to the remote area of Peru Wala Road in Kasur,” the report read.
The report also contained details of the measures being taken by the provincial police to trace the culprit. It also informed the court that a sketch of the suspect has been prepared and the announcement of prize money of Rs10 million for anyone who can reveal relevant information about the whereabouts of the suspect.
