LAHORE: The brother of one of the victims of the alleged “encounter” in Sahiwal on Monday rejected the Punjab government’s claim that the family has been contacted over the matter.
“The Punjab law minister has claimed that he contacted us, however, nobody has reached out to us as yet,” said Jalil, the brother of Khalil who was killed in the incident.
“It was announced that we will be given Rs20 million as compensation but we don’t want money. We want our loved ones back,” he added.
“How can someone be termed a terrorist without any investigation? We are not hopeful that we will get justice but want the truth to surface.”
On Saturday, Punjab CTD officials killed four people, including a couple and their teenage daughter, and injured a teenage boy in a suspicious “encounter”, triggering a national outcry that prompted the government to take the security officials into custody and order an investigation into the incident.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday “assured” the nation that “exemplary punishment” will be given to those found guilty in the Sahiwal “fake” encounter case.
“I assure the nation that when I return from Qatar not only will the guilty be given exemplary punishment but I will review the entire structure of Punjab police and start [the] process of reforming it,” he tweeted.
