Four children, aged
between eight and 12 years were reported missing since June & the latest,
Faizan age 8 disappeared on Monday night. Faizan is the son of prayer leader
Muhammad Ishaq of Pir Jahanian village in Chunian. Police registered a case
against unknown kidnappers.
Before Faizan,
Muhammad Imran age 12, Ali Husnain age 9 and Suleman Akram age 8 had gone
missing during the month of August.
On Tuesday, some labourers informed police about
a body in a ditch. Later, the police recovered remains of two more minors from
the sand dunes. According to some witnesses, the two bodies had reduced to
skeletons.
A wave of shock and terror
gripped the residents of Chunian when the police recovered the bodies suspected
to be killed after rape.
One of the
bodies was identified as that of Faizan, while the remains were believed to be
of Ali and Suleman. Police are yet to find the clue to whereabouts of Imran.
District Police
Officer (DPO) Abdul Ghaffar Qaisarani of Punjab Police reached the spot and the
forensics experts collected evidence.
He also said
that rape would be confirmed after a medical report shall be issued. However,
the possibility of murder after rape could not be ruled out.
On Monday, the
residents of Chunian held a protest against the police for its failure to
recover the missing boys.
Chief Minister
Usman Buzdar has taken notice of the incident and ordered a report from IG
Punjab Police. He also demanded the killers be traced at the earliest. Meanwhile,
the civil society held a protest on Wednesday (today) against the killing of
the minors, to express concern over lawlessness and failure of police to
protect the lives of people.
In the last few years,
Kasur has been recognized as rape capital of Punjab, Pakistan by multiple
incidents of abuse, rape and killing of children.
In January 2018, six-year-old
Zainab Ansari was found dead in a trash heap near Shahbaz Khan Road, five days
after she went missing. Hers was the 12th such incident to have occurred within
a 10-kilometre radius in Kasur over a 12-month period.
In 2015,
Kasur’s Hussain Khanwala village had attracted worldwide attention when a child
pornography ring was busted. Hundreds of video clips had emerged showing a gang
forcing dozens of minor boys and girls to perform sexual acts and filming them.
The gang had also used the videos to blackmail families of the children and
extorted millions in cash and jewellery from them.
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