Baby no more among murder suspects

Published April 6, 2014
A photograph taken on Thursday shows a lawyer taking thumb impression from 
nine-month-old Mohammad Musa on a bail bond.—AFP
A photograph taken on Thursday shows a lawyer taking thumb impression from nine-month-old Mohammad Musa on a bail bond.—AFP

LAHORE: Muslim Town police discharged on Saturday nine-month-old Mohammad Musa from a case of attempted murder lodged by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines.

The case had been registered against members of a family and dozens of other inhabitants of Muslim Town after they allegedly attacked a bailiff and raiding team of the SNGPL after it went there to arrest people involved in gas theft.

Musa had already been granted a confirmed pre-arrest bail by a sessions court against surety bonds of Rs50,000.

Talking to Dawn, SSP Abdul Rab confirmed deletion of the baby’s name from the FIR. He said the controversy was a result of misunderstanding as the list of the accused provided to police by the gas company’s raiding team made no mention of their ages.

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