Summary Bala Chandia is wanted by police in several major offenses and yet was seen roaming around.
MUZAFFARGARH (Dunya News) -- Following rape victim Amna’s self-immolation over lack of justice case, girl’s abduction by a most wanted absconder Bala Chandia in a broad daylight has raised serious questions over the performance of Muzaffargarh police, Dunya News reported.
Reportedly, notorious and most wanted absconder Iqbal also known as Bala Chandia stormed the house of local Patwari along with his accomplices and abducted Patwari’s daughter over gunpoint. Absconders injured girl’s mother by firing on her legs over resistance.
Bala Chandia is wanted by police in several grave offenses and yet he was seen roaming around along with accomplices.
Victim’s family blocked the road and held a demonstration for victim’s recovery.
The girl’s abduction from a house in a broad daylight has once again raised serious concerns over Muzaffargarh police’s performance.
It merits mentioning here that this isn’t an isolated incident. Just this month, 18-year-old rape victim Amna Bibi torched herself after charges against culprits were dropped following a shoddy investigation.
The incident occurred in Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province, where the horrific 2002 gang rape of Mukhtar Mai, made headlines around the world.
Amina Bibi, aged 18 according to police, doused herself with petrol and set herself alight on Thursday in front of a police station in the village of Beet Meer Hazar.
She was taken to a nearby government-run hospital where the doctors tried to save her but succumbed to her injuries early on Friday, police said.
She was allegedly assaulted by four men, including a family member, in early January and reported the incident to police.
But a local court in Muzaffargarh dropped the case on Thursday following a police report which said she had not been raped, prompting Amina to take the desperate measure.
"Nadir, the main accused in the case was a relative of the victim and they had a family dispute," senior local police official Chaudhry Asghar Ali told AFP.
"The case was investigated twice and investigators discovered that the victim had not been raped."
Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday demanded an explanation for the incident, ordering the provincial police chief and district police chief to appear in the court in person.
The court ordered police to file a written report explaining how the case was investigated and why the accused men were cleared.
The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has also demanded the government take steps to ensure rapists are brought to justice.
