FAISALABAD: Infuriated students and locals on Friday took to the roads of the city while protesting against the authorities’ inaction over the rape and murder of Abida, a student who had gone missing on Sunday.
The young woman, a student of MA English at the Government College University Faisalabad, had been missing for five days until her body, boring marks of torture, was found from Dijkot on Wednesday.
Initial medical examination of the body had revealed evidence indicating she had been raped before being killed, and the sexual assault was later confirmed following the postmortem.
With the culprits still at large, enraged colleagues of the deceased came out on the streets to demand justice for her. Raising slogans in protest, the colleagues demanded that those responsible for the heinous incident be caught immediately and given swift and exemplary punishment.
In a wave of protest reminiscent of the outrage that followed the rape and murder of minor Zainab earlier this year, social media users are using the hashtag #JusticeForAbida on Twitter to demand swift action against the culprit(s).
The National Commission for Human Rights has taken notice of the brutal murder and summoned a report from DPO Faisalabad.
Police authorities said they have nabbed a few people with the help of the deceased’s mobile phone data; however, no real progress has been made in the case yet. The authorities added that they were continuing efforts to arrest those responsible for the heinous act.
According to the family of the slain female student, she was a hardworking student and had recently received a laptop under the Prime Minister’s Laptop Scheme.
Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday took notice of the incident and, in this regard, sought a report from the authorities concerned.
