ISLAMABAD, July 6: Terming the gang-rape incident at Meerwala shocking the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) said on Saturday that culprits of this heinous crime deserved severest punishment under the Hudood Ordinance.

“This is a shocking incident which has brought disgrace to the whole nation,” said a press release issued here on Saturday.

The culprits of the gang-rape witnessed by a whole crowd, deserved the severest punishment under the Hudood Ordinance, the statement added.

The crime of culprits, abettors of the crime and Panchayat members was unprecedented and deserved severest punishment, the statement said, adding that the perpetrators had openly insulted the injunctions of the holy Quran and deserved an exemplary punishment under Islamic law.

—APP