Bail plea dismissed

LAHORE
A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed the bail petition of an accused person facing charges of burning two girls, their mother and grand-mother of Ahmadi community alive while leading a mob in Gujranwala.
As hearing started, deputy prosecutor general Khurram Khan told the court that accused Tariq Sindhu along with mob of 400 to 500 persons attacked the house of Boota in Peoples Colony and set it on fire. Resultantly, his two minor daughters Hira Tabassum (5), Anam Tabassum (3), his wife and mother were burnt to death. Joint investigation team also found the accused guilty of playing active role leading to happening of the awful incident and he committed the heinous offence in the garb of religious dispute. Prosecutor pointed out that Supreme Court had already rejected bail petition of petitioner’s co-accused while police had submitted challan of the case to the trial court. After hearing both sides, the bench led by Justice Abdus Sami Khan dismissed the bail petition.