KARACHI, Feb 27: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Friday condemned the murders of two minor girls in the Gadap area and called for immediately arresting and awarding exemplary punishment to culprits involved in the inhuman incident.

This was stated in a press release issued here by the human rights organization on Friday. The HRCP said the murder of Sassi and Hajra was just an example of police atrocities and it showed that personnel of the law enforcement agencies were no better than criminals.

It reminded of a case in 2003 in which a young boy named Owais had set himself on fire after being sodomized by policemen. The organization said the case had received much attention but no decisive action was taken against criminals concerned.

Victims and their families were routinely being denied access to justice, adding that perpetrators knew that they could get away despite their heinous crimes, the press release said.

Timely registration of an FIR and swift action would have been immensely helpful, it said, adding crucial evidence had been lost because of authorities' inaction as victims' bodies had been mutilated by animals.

Terming the crime an outrage, the HRCP said that such negligence in such a case was unacceptable. Any person, particularly those belonging to a law enforcement agency, should be held responsible for crimes committed by him.

The HRCP said the government should show no tolerance towards such acts of violence. Jamaat-i-Islami: Members of the Women's Wing of the Jamaat-i- Islami, who visited homes of the murdered girls, have called for the immediate arrest of culprits involved in the crime.

Condemning these murders by policemen, the women's wing of the JI said that at least the Sindh chief minister's adviser on home affairs should have resigned immediately.

The JI's team, comprising Atiya Nisar, Sabra Khaskheli, Zeenat Begum, and others, said that the government criticized the government's failure to provide safety and security to the people.