Defence lawyer of suspect Imran Ali, Mehar Shakeel Multani has excused himself from representation in a case pertaining to rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab Ansari.
LAHORE,(Pakistan Point News - 14th Feb, 2018) : Defence lawyer of suspect Imran Ali, Mehar Shakeel Multani has excused himself from representation in a case pertaining to rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab Ansari. The lawyer said that his conscience doesn’t permit him to represent a criminal, who has also confessed to the charge. He revealed that Imran is involved in the murders of Zainab and other nine innocent girls and demanded to take stern action against him.
During the hearing conducted by Judge Sajjad Ahmad in the Kot Lakhpat Jail, statements of 12 witnesses were recorded while arguments over other 32 witnesses have also been completed. As per Supreme Court (SC) directives, Prosecutor General Ahtesham Qadar was also present on the occasion. The decision of the case is likely in two to three days. Earlier, suspect Imran Ali was indicted in seven-year-old Zainab Ansari rape and murder case.
The accused was presented before the judicial bench in Kot Lakhpat jail during which, he was indicted for raping and killing a Kasur girl. It is to be mentioned here that Zainab was assaulted and her body thrown in a garbage dump in the city of Kasur early this month. The guardians complained upon return that late Zainab had gone missing at least five days ago and the police did not cooperate with the relatives, who were looking for the missing minor.
Zainab had marks of torture on nose, neck, and other parts of the body – according to the autopsy. The samples collected from her clothes and body were sent to forensic laboratory. Two people were killed in Kasur the day after Zainab’s body was recovered when police fired at hundreds of angry protesters, who said negligence on the part of the authorities was behind the repeated killings.
