Kasur child molestation scandal baseless, says inquiry report
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KASUR: A high-level inquiry committee formed by the Punjab government to investigate allegations of authorities' inaction to check instances of child sex abuse and blackmailing by a gang in Husain Khanwala and other villages in Kasur district concluded that reports of child molestation are baseless.
Senior minister of the Punjab government, Rana Sanaullah, while talking to DawnNews, said the inquiry had concluded that no instance of child sex abuse had been reported, adding that reports to this effect surfaced after two parties involved in a land dispute registered "fake cases" against each other.
Sanaullah said almost eight years ago, incidents of child molestation and videos of such acts to blackmail families had been reported in the area, adding that cases were registered against those involved and the culprits were apprehended.
The provincial minister and PML-N stalwart insisted that the scandal had been created by rival parties who were involved in a fierce land dispute.
The inquiry, sanctioned by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, was conducted by Additional Inspector General Arif Nawaz Khan and Commissioner Lahore Division Abdullah Sunbal.
A pitched battle between police and protesters had left 25 people, including two DSPs, injured near Dolaywala village along Deepalpur Road in Kasur on Thursday.
Hundreds of people hailing from Husain Khanwala and other villages demonstrated against police for their alleged failure to smash a gang suspected of raping hundreds of children and extorting money from their parents by blackmailing them through videos.
Read: Child sex abuse case: Protesters clash with police over 'failure' to catch culprits.
Details of the child sex abuse scandal were reported by local media, with some reports saying that 280 children were molested by a gang, which also made around 400 videos of children, later using them to blackmail families and receiving money from them.
While the provincial government has now downplayed the scandal, protestors were still out on the streets in Kasur, demanding that the culprits, some of whom they say are at large, be apprehended immediately.
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Aug 08, 2015 10:27pm
This guy needs some serious help. I am amazed how every time he comes up with his 'base-less' mantra.
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Aug 08, 2015 10:28pm
An express enquiry in an allegation of such magnitude is too hard to digest? I wonder why the suo moto notices have disappeared for a while.
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Aug 08, 2015 10:31pm
400 videos and there is no sex abuse? There's no fire without smoke Mr Minister, and there's plenty of smoke right here.
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Aug 08, 2015 10:35pm
All inquiries by PML-N government or related to it dont find any wrong. I guess victims' families just made up everything, including videos as reported by Rameeza Majid Nizami. Really pathetic & beyond redemption.
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Aug 08, 2015 10:37pm
Just like judicial commission concluded "rigging allegation was baseless"... Despite evidence
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Aug 08, 2015 10:38pm
We need Rangers in Panjab as well. This is enough.
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Aug 08, 2015 10:46pm
you can do one thing to give justice to these children by speaking truth!!
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Aug 08, 2015 10:48pm
well done Punjab Govt , that is great , I love u govt
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Aug 08, 2015 11:07pm
Sweeping under the carpet as usual!!
What about the video evidences that some columnist are talking about unfortunately there is no credibility left anywhere.
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Aug 08, 2015 11:14pm
Delibretlly Punjab government wants to bring this scandle in low profile to conceal their big failure!
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Aug 08, 2015 11:23pm
We don't believe this guy, his face reminds me of the Model town tragedy
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Aug 08, 2015 11:30pm
When hundreds of people could block the roads for hours and also could attack the policemen and injure them including two DSP'S how come they have been tolerating the so called alleged rapists and blackmailers among themselves for such a long time.
This matter needs to be thoroughly investigated under ATC. I remember one such case in lahore where one Javed would molest street children and later dilute them in a acid tank.
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Aug 08, 2015 11:46pm
At PAGAL in the UK (www.pagal.org.uk), we are regularly asked if we would introduce our campaign on raising awareness against grooming and sexual abuse of young girls to Pakistan, as the country is crying out for someone to take the lead on this.
Whilst we would be keen to help here, the lack of any response whatsoever to our letters from any Pakistani politicians in both the government and the opposition means that it is very clear that this is not a topic the Pakistani establishment is prepared to address at present.
How many more children will need to be groomed/abused/molested before people start taking this issue seriously?
We should really all just collectively hang our heads in shame.
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Aug 08, 2015 11:52pm
The inquiry started and finished in a heartbeat. No proper investigation done appearantly. People are not fools to believe these statements. The Supereme Court and civic society should demand a proper investigation and the police should apprehend those who are behind this. Looks like PML N is in deep waters once again.
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Aug 08, 2015 11:59pm
If 400 videos are there, then who is lying?
Rana Sahib you failed to provide justice to the killed in Model Town incident. Can we believe you?
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Aug 09, 2015 12:06am
No investigation so matter closed. Poor people in this world are really unfortunate and no justice for them at all.
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Aug 09, 2015 12:16am
Must be the same inquiry that declared you innocent of Model Town murders. Now it ups the bar by letting child rapists go scot-free. Justice well done indeed.
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Aug 09, 2015 12:17am
fake and fabricated report just to enhance that we are living in the country where rule of law but feel ashamed by such fictitious reports
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Aug 09, 2015 12:22am
Hope it is not a cover up!
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Aug 09, 2015 12:24am
I dont like this man.
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Aug 09, 2015 12:25am
If Police in Karachi cannot be trusted; then it is true also Punjab police cannot be trusted either. Child molestation is a very serious crime and should be properly investigated. Let the Rangers from Karachi be sent over to do a good job.
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Aug 09, 2015 12:35am
Since when did the police become such a swift investigator?
This is clearly a money-bought quick result.
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Aug 09, 2015 12:41am
Shameless leaders! Police says only 60 videos could be found!! Isnt it enough to act. Now they are covering up their incompetance under land dispute...
We need Rangers or Army here also
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Aug 09, 2015 12:48am
Nobody will trust Rana. If Rana is right, then why hundreds of parents are protesting? Dont tell me the parents have disputes among themselves about land. Supreme Court must inquire, we dont trust Punjab govt.
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Aug 09, 2015 12:53am
A yet another denial. When will, we as a nation, start accepting the realities?
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Aug 09, 2015 12:59am
Yeah....right
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Aug 09, 2015 01:01am
No comments how he can say nothing happened is everything reported is fake!
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Aug 09, 2015 01:02am
All the 400 videos are propaganda against your govt?
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Aug 09, 2015 01:13am
This is so confusing.
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Aug 09, 2015 01:14am
Oh Rana Sanaullah. I hope military takes notice of this.
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Aug 09, 2015 01:22am
Really? And what about the hundreds of videos that have been discovered? Is this government smoking weed?
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Aug 09, 2015 01:36am
Now I understand what "Enquiry" commissions mean to Punjab government. They set up a commission and then "enquire" the commission what would be the best explanation to fool people and absolve the culprits.
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Aug 09, 2015 01:41am
Baseless!! just like the poll rigging or Model Town massacre.
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Aug 09, 2015 02:13am
Let there be an inquiry by a Judge of the High Court.
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Aug 09, 2015 02:23am
Sounds suspicious.
Children are the most vulnerable individuals in our society and need to protected from such crimes/criminals. We read far too much of it in the press these days, be it in Pakistan or elsewhere like in the UK.
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Aug 09, 2015 02:51am
An issue again put under the carpet by PML-N. Possibly the inquiry report found that all the culprits were from PML-N so hushed it.
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Aug 09, 2015 03:24am
I doubt any parent would falsely victimize his/her own child for land dispute. Why are the politicians protecting the criminals? I think the army should do any inquiry. I don't have faith in the politically appointed police force.
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Aug 09, 2015 03:35am
How did they do the inquiry so fast?whereas in other cases it takes year long time.
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Aug 09, 2015 03:43am
Ruling party denies that this incidence ever happened. It is too late to hush the report, At present we are No 1 Child molesters in the world with a record to beat.present ruling party is promoting Pakistan. At least they are trying.
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Aug 09, 2015 03:59am
Ya right we trust you!
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Aug 09, 2015 04:04am
for God sake, don't brush this henious crime under the carpet. Crime itself may not be a reflection on society but the way they react after a crime tells more about the moral values of a society. Child molestation in our country is sadly not a new story however this time it seems to be done at industrial scale. The videos were sold to international buyers and I would say this is bigger than Axact scandal not necessarily in terms of money but because our childern are victims here.
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Aug 09, 2015 04:24am
In that case, both the parties must be awarded exemplary punishments.
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Aug 09, 2015 04:29am
How come PML N leaders survive everytime whether it's an inquiry or a court case?
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Aug 09, 2015 04:33am
A high level cover-up! Congrats to those who helped orchestrate the cover-up to protect the rich and powerful. Your credibility has been lost forever.
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Aug 09, 2015 05:13am
If the is true, media really needs to rethink the false hype they create without properly investigating the facts.
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Aug 09, 2015 05:14am
Even a murder is baseless in pmln logic
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Aug 09, 2015 05:25am
How can fabrication of stories related child abuse at this massive scale can take place? Is it time to ask foreign intelligence agencies to come and look into it as government is losing credibility?
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Aug 09, 2015 06:09am
How did they do the inquiry so fast in this case?whereas in other cases it take years
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Aug 09, 2015 06:44am
What a shamelessness?
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Aug 09, 2015 06:49am
It makes one wonder as to why so many people got together and created such a fake racket and all it was a land dispute ?
This smells rotten.
Let's have media reveal the reality, somehow Pakistanis have very thin confidence is law enforcement agencies.
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Aug 09, 2015 06:50am
govt trying to close this case.
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Aug 09, 2015 07:55am
What about parents who are weeping who have sold their gold to satisfy the blackmailers all this is fake? What a shame
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Aug 09, 2015 08:45am
Is this an indication towards a bigger problem. A commodity is salable only when there is a demand. And child pornography is more an industry. Indeed the report was shocking. But rather acuusing just the perpetrators its vital to look deeper.
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Aug 09, 2015 09:31am
@Heart Broken , One video is more than enough to start an inquiry and punish the culprits.
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Aug 09, 2015 10:26am
No parent will ever make a false report about a sexual abuse of their child.
They will rather stay quiet or leave the town to save their honor.
Rana is protecting some big fish.
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Aug 09, 2015 01:37pm
I would not listen to anything this guy says. He doesn't have a clue of what he is doing!
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Aug 09, 2015 11:55pm
Heinous incidence...govt should take serious action
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Aug 10, 2015 12:09am
Height of children abuse... shame on us and govt... now govt should take serious action against such kind of culprits
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Aug 10, 2015 01:41am
rana shame on you , everything is done under your nose , there is involement of local plitical forces and rana you can't deny it and nomore you can save from punishment
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Aug 10, 2015 05:43am
How many more children will need to be groomed/abused/molested before people start taking this issue seriously? Shame on us. Whats our society turning into.
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Aug 10, 2015 08:49am
These ministers are empty headed we feel same if we have Comments rather shut up they don't feel the pain of the victim anyway
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Aug 10, 2015 11:26am
He found the Mode town massacre also"baseless" allegations!
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Aug 10, 2015 12:05pm
I think there is some truth to what he says - but most of it is lies. There MUST be some sort of land dispute. I think this sort of molestation and video blackmailing happens a lot wherever there are poor people who can't escape bad circumstances. The ONLY reason it was brought to light is because of the land dispute. Someone somewhere decided to whistle-blow.
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Aug 10, 2015 06:42pm
Have Rana sahab read the news lately? How can he say it is baseless? Why are they misleading public in such a sensitive matter? I smell something fishy here.
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Aug 10, 2015 11:00pm
How can he say that when by some reports there are 130 video clips already available to the media? Shahbaz Sharif has announced a judicial inquiry. Hopefully the judge(s) will unearth the truth about the nature and scale of the problem.
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Aug 11, 2015 01:23am
@Kirankhan why the rangers. We should take this matter in our own hands. Why? If u ask,cuz our children could be next, God forbid.
If we wait for the rangers, there is going to be a whole process, and untill then these dogs while wagging their tails will fly away from Pakistan, most probably dubai
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Aug 11, 2015 02:37am
Our problem with rural to mainstream Pakistan is that we rate and help People after human Worth and value. On top of this, we see quite incompetent decision makers.
Stop all these investigations, as everyone will know what went wrong.
How can anyone justify ignorance?
Apparently, too many People are involved in the wrongdoings, and they want others to Accept that these 90 rape Assaults.
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Aug 11, 2015 09:59am
There should be fair trial and justice should prevail rather talking baseless.
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Aug 11, 2015 02:03pm
Why do the viewers not believe their elected government in this case but believe every word of the same Government when it comes to allegations against India?
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Aug 11, 2015 03:00pm
@Kirankhan
You need Rangers and NEW government, throw away these corrupt politicians. come out in the street NOW.
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Aug 11, 2015 07:37pm
See nothing wrong here.... Who needs change when everything is so great in Pakistan.. keep voting for Sher and Arrow..
Ayee mere Pak watan...
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