Summary Police have been ordered to speed up the investigation and arrest the remaining suspects.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJ) Justice Nasir-ul-Malik constituted a three-member bench for the hearing of suo moto notice of Kot Radha Kishen case on Saturday.
Registrar Office of Supreme Court (SC) has fixed the case hearing on December 16 whereas the hearing would be carried out by three-member bench presided by CJ.
District police had already submitted the report of Kot Radha Kishen incident in the SC.
It was mentioned in the report that both Sajjad Masih and Saima Masih were thrown into the burning brick kiln in the presence of police.
FIR was filed against 53 suspects. 39 of them are on judicial remand whereas physical remand of other four accused have been taken from the Anti-terrorism Court (ATC).
According to report, Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has been formed to probe the incident.
Moreover, police are trying hard to detain the rest of suspects of the incident.
Earlier, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJ) Nasir-ul-Malik had ordered to summon a hearing on the suo moto notice taken by Supreme Court (SC) on Kot Radha Kishen case and issued notices to regional and district police officers.
The court has also issued notices to regional and district officers in this regard; however, Dunya News has been credited to break the news of SC s suo moto notice on Kot Radha Kishen incident.
Also, the Supreme Court of Pakistan today took suo moto notice of lynching of a Christian couple in Kot Radha Kishan village in Punjab province.
The apex court has directed the provincial government to investigate the matter in three days and submit a reply.
It may be mentioned here that few days back, brick kiln owner Yousaf Gujjar alongwith his accomplices tortured 32-year-old Shehzad Masih and his 20-year-old wife Shama to death. Later, their bodies were then set on fire in a brick kiln where they worked.
The couple had been accused of burning a copy of the Holy Quran and throwing it in a bin.
Punjab government had formed a commission to probe the incident. Police are interrogating 16 detained suspects as well.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had also announced Rs 5 million, 10 acres of land, free education and medical facilities to children of the couple.
