ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi on Friday said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) law enforcement agencies were investigating the killing of a child in Kohat and also the killing of a youth in Jaani Khel, Waziristan.
The minor girl went missing from the city’s Khattak colony on Wednesday, March 24, and her body was found a day later from a nullah. Her autopsy report revealed that she was sexually abused before being tortured to death.
On Friday, while speaking to the media after offering Fateha for the minor, Hareem Fatima, at her hometown, Babal Khel Town, Karak District, Afridi said that the perpetrators would be arrested and brought to justice soon
Karak MNA Shahid Khattak, Kohat commissioner, the police deputy inspector general (DIG), the district police officer (DPO) and other high ranking officials were also present on the occasion.
Moreover, Naveed Iqbal, the father of the victim child was also present on the occasion besides local elders of various tribes.
Grandfather of Hareem, Farhad Khattak, and local elders of the bereaved family expressed gratitude to Afridi and others for arriving to condole the departed soul but demanded immediate arrest of the killer.
Afridi said that he had visited the victims family in Baba Khel village on directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan and entire senior officials were present to send a message to the victims family that the government would leave no stone unturned to arrest the murderer of the little child.
“We will soon arrest the killer and this is an assurance from Prime Minister Imran Khan. We are equally bereaved on the incident,” Afridi said.
He added that KP Chief Minister Mehmood Khan had directed the law enforcement agencies to resolve the matter as a test case and the entire force was activated to arrest the killer.
“Whosoever is responsible for killing the little child would be arrested soon. We have some leads and Police are working on these leads. It would not take much time,” he assured the family.
Talking about Jaani Khel incident where three youth were beheaded in Waziristan, Shehryar Afridi said that the KP CM Mehmood Khan had offered the local elders to form a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate brutal killings of the Waziristan youth and the local authorities are making efforts to arrest the killers and make them an example.
He maintained that local elders are also being engaged and a JIT would prove the matter.
He underscored that the government would not allow hostile forces to use the killings for political purposes and all state institutions are being employed and geofencing and forensics are being conducted to arrest the killer.
Briefing the jirga on the police investigation, the Kohat DIG said that police would solve this case as a test case and the perpetrator would not be allowed to escape.
“Based on technical information, we will crack this matter and culprit would be arrested. We have done all data record, geofencing, CDR and we have found credible evidence. We are cross-examining our results and soon we will arrest the culprit,” he added.
MNA Shahid Khattak said that he had contacted Afridi as soon as the body of the minor girl was found and he said that based on the evidence shared with him, he hoped that the culprit would be arrested within a day or two.
Former MNA Shah Abdul Aziz also expressed gratitude to Afridi and other officials and said the way the minister had acted on the happening, he was indebted for their efforts.
He said that people were making efforts beyond political differences and party lines and hoped that the killer of the minor girl would soon be arrested.
