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Main accused in PPP leader’s murder case arrested

By our correspondents
March 21, 2017

LAHORE

CIA police arrested main murder accused of PPP leader Babar Suhail Butt. Accused Atif Jutt alias Aati was the gunman of Babar Suhail Butt, and left the city after killing him. Police traced him through Mobile Location Tracker. The accused was using the cellphone of his friend Ali.

Biker killed: A seventeen-year-old boy died after falling from his speeding bike in Harbanspura area on Monday. 

The deceased was identified as Usman Waqas. It was reported that the boy had lost control over his speeding bike and rammed the vehicle into a footpath.

As a result, he received a fatal head injury. He was taken to a local hospital where he yielded to his injury. 

TWO GIRLS INJURED: Two girls were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in a house in Harbanspura. The injured girls were identified as Esha and Mesha of Dhobhi Ghatt Harbanspura.

Upon being informed, the rescuers and locals rushed to the spot and shifted the injured girls to a local hospital. 

VALUABLES BURNT: Goods worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in two different fire-related incidents.

Household items and other goods were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out in a house in Shera Kot and in a factory in Kahna Kachha respectively.

The Cause of the fire was said to be short circuit. Upon being informed, the firefighters rushed spots and extinguished fire after hectic efforts. No casualty was reported in the incidents.

IGP: Inspector General of Police Punjab, Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera, has said that missing CNIC numbers of criminals in Criminal Record Management System of Punjab should be obtained from Nadra by providing their photos, names, parentage and addresses.

He was addressing a meeting held at Central Police Office, Lahore Monday. Additional IGP Operations Punjab, Capt (R) Arif Nawaz, DIG Operations Punjab, Aamir Zulfiqar Khan, DIG Welfare, Waseem Siyal, and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.

The IG said Nadra director general had already issued instructions to their staff in this regard. An officer of Punjab Police would act as a focal person for Nadra so that entry of missing CNIC numbers of criminals should be ensured soon.

He said the DSP concerned must personally contact the complainant regarding complaints received through IGP Police Complaint Centre 8787. Show cause notices should be issued and immediate department action be taken against the DSPs who, instead of contacting the complainants by themselves, hand over this task to their subordinates.

He said that providing justice to the citizens without any delay was their priority, zero-tolerance policy should be adopted against the police officers and officials who intentionally delay the provision of justice to the citizens or show slackness in this regard, he added.

Directing Additional IGP Investigation Punjab, the IGP said this should particularly be made compulsory that Crime Scene Unit vans, provided in all districts, should immediately reach crime scene to collect evidences of dacoity, murder and other heinous crimes. Crime Scene Unit van officials should immediately be informed about any emergency, same like 15 unit informs police station about any incident, so that they could timely reach the crime scene to collect evidences, including finger prints and samples for forensic lab.

Directing DIG Discipline and Inspection, he said that regular inspection of police lines, police stations and DPO offices should be ensured and reports should be submitted to PSO to IGP. If any officer or official is found involved in creating hassle for citizens, immediate action should be taken against them.

LECTURE: CTO Lahore delivered a lecture on traffic laws at FC College on Monday. He said the students should prove themselves to be responsible citizens by following the traffic laws. He said the City Traffic Police would set up licencing camps at educational institution.