TOBA TEK SINGH: A Jaranwala City police sub inspector (SI) has been booked for releasing a murder case accused instead of shifting him to the central jail on the orders of the additional district and sessions judge (AD&SJ).
According to details, SI Junaid Afzal released murder accused Muhammad Ahmad Kharal one and a half months ago when the AD&SJ directed him to shift him to the Faisalabad Central Jail on Feb 27.
This was revealed on Saturday when the concerned AD&SJ took notice after the under arrest accused was not produced before his court despite repeated orders. He then ordered a report from the jail superintendent, who informed that accused Muhammad Ahmad Kharal was not in jail. After checking the record, it was revealed that accused SI Junaid had set Ahmad Kharal free after accepting a bribe.
On court orders, police booked SI Junaid Afzal on Saturday evening and raids were underway to arrest him. CPO Sahibzada Bilal Umar also suspended the SI with immediate effect.
MURDER: A man allegedly killed his wife over a domestic dispute on Sunday in Chak 713 GB of Kamalia tehsil.
Police spokesperson claimed that accused Khadim Hussain Chadhar exchanged harsh words during an argument with his wife Abida Perveen (30) over some issue and attacked her with a wooden bar. She was critically injured and Rescue 1122 shifted her to the Kamalia THQ hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
Meanwhile, a farmer was murdered in Chak 46/15-L in Mian Channu tehsil on Saturday night.
Police said deceased Muhammad Arshad (50) was working in his farmland when his two opponents, brothers Sajjad and Ghulam Muhammad along with their accomplice Ilyas tortured him to death.
RAPE: A teenage girl from Chak 414 JB Gojra was allegedly kidnapped and gang raped by two persons of her village.
Victim’s father in his complaint to the police claimed that his 15-year-old daughter went to the village dispensary to get medicine when three suspects bundled her into their car.
He claimed that they took her to Lahore where they kept her for one night in a hotel where two of the accused raped her repeatedly.
Police claimed that raids were underway to arrest the accused persons.
Published in Dawn, April 20th, 2026
