Lahore, February 14, 2022 (PPI-OT):On the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar and Inspector General of Police Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan, police teams are conducting operations to arrest the main culprits involved in Khanewal tragedy.
Punjab Police spokesperson said that significant progress has been made in the tragic incident in Khanewal and police teams have identified and arrested 15 main culprits. He added that the main accused arrested include Mohammad Yaqub, Kashif, Mohammad Riaz, Saqlain Mohammad Shan, Asif, Nadeem, Qaiser Nazir, Abdul Ghani, Mohammad Aslam, Mohammad Amir, Ejaz, Mehboob-ur-Rehman, Mohammad Bilal and Ali Sher.
Spokesman for the Punjab Police said that the arrested suspects could be seen torturing Aslam with bricks and sticks and provisions of terrorism and serious crimes have been imposed against the arrested suspects. The process of arresting and identifying the accused is underway. Police have so far arrested a total of 85 suspects, with the main suspects being identified.
According to the Punjab Police spokesperson, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Ahmad Khan Buzdar and IG Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan are personally supervising the entire operation and police teams are conducting raids to nab more accused. The Punjab Police spokesperson further said that all the miscreants who took the law into their own hands would be brought to book as soon as possible and the legal proceedings would be completed as soon as possible.
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