Deaths in Township police custody: Forensic report confirms women were addicts: IGP
LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdul Kareem says the forensic report of the two young women, who had died in Township police station, has confirmed that they had been using addictive drugs or prohibited substances. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, along with other senior officers of Lahore police, he said the forensic report was prepared by a medical board…
Punjab Inspector General of Police Abdul Kareem announced on Tuesday that forensic tests on two women who died in Township police custody have confirmed their addiction to drugs. Speaking at a press conference, he revealed that the medical board of senior doctors found the women had passed away from cardiopulmonary arrest after being subjected to nine different intoxicating substances during their interrogation.
The IGP clarified that while the simultaneous death of the two women is rare, the forensic evidence made it clear that their cause of death was due to drug addiction. In the Hina Javed murder case, three suspects have been nominated in the FIR, with two already arrested. The victim's body in Rawalpindi was found with signs of torture, including a wire around her neck tied to the shower rod.
Punjab police assured that the investigation was conducted professionally, determining the case as a murder rather than a suicide. The police are actively pursuing the suspects who fled after killing PTI ticket-holder Abdullah Tahir in Okara, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police assisting in the search.
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