JIT formed to probe gruesome Hazara Town lynching in Quetta

[Abdullah719]

Balochistan government has constituted a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the incident of brutal lynching of a young man in Quetta’s Hazara Town, according to a notification issued by the provincial Home and Tribal Affairs on Sunday.

Dozens of enraged people beat Bilal Khan to death in the Aliabad area of Hazara Town on Friday after a dispute over making a cell phone video. Bilal’s friends – Nayaz and Khalil – were also seriously injured and were later rescued by the police.

According to the notification, the team will submit its report within 15 working days under section 173 of code directly to the Anti-Terrorism Court.
The JIT will be headed by Quetta Investigation SSP Asad Nassar who will also act as the JIT convener. Other members of the team included representative of Quetta ISI, representative of Quetta Military Agency, representative of Intelligence Bureau, representative of Quetta Special Branch, representative of Quetta Counter Terrorism Department and Investigation Officers concerned.

The JIT was constituted under section 19(1) of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.

The investigations of the event would be conducted as per FIR No 102/2020 under Sections 302,324,147 and 149 of Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of ATA reported in police station of Brewery Quetta.

For the purpose of investigation of terrorism financing in the incident, it was directed that the Federal Investigation Agency, Financial Monitoring Unit, Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and State Bank of Pakistan may assist the JIT.

The gruesome incident was filmed on mobile phones and the footage was shared on social media, whipping up a storm of fear, anger and outrage.

The incident also triggered tension in Quetta and a large number of people gathered demanding arrest of the culprits. Later, the police arrested 11 suspects on the basis of the footage.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2232740/1-jit-formed-probe-gruesome-hazara-town-lynching/

 

[Abdullah719]

Lynching of youth sparks tensions in Quetta

The brutal lynching of a young man in Quetta’s Hazara Town on Friday night sparked fear, communal tensions and protests – with the police arresting 11 people on the basis of a video footage.

Dozens of enraged people beat Bilal Khan to death at Aliabad area of Hazara Town after a dispute over making a cell phone video. Bilal’s friends – Nayaz and Khalil – were also seriously injured and were later rescued by the police.

The gruesome incident was also filmed on mobile phones and the footage was shared on the social media, whipping up a storm of fear, anger and outrage.
A trend on social media also emerged demanding justice for Bilal Khan and his family. The incident triggered tension in Quetta and a large number of people gathered demanding arrest of the culprits.

The protestors chanted slogans against the murderers and marched on roads with the body of the lynched man. They gathered at the red zone of Quetta’s Zarghoon Road and staged a sit-in.

“We demand immediate arrest of the culprits involved in murder of Khan and beating Khalil and Nayaz. The protest would continue till the arrest,” said Khan’s uncle while talking to media during the sit-in.

Taking notice of the incident, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal suspended the station house officer (SHO) of Brewery Road, a sub inspector and three constables over their failure to disperse the mob.

Later the CM took to micro-blogging site Twitter to announce that an FIR of the incident had been lodged. “The provincial government has initiated an investigation and the injured would be transferred to Karachi for better treatment,” Kamal wrote.

The administration later managed to persuade the protestors to peacefully disperse after assuring them that justice will be served.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2232073/1-lynching-youth-sparks-tensions-quetta/

 

[MenInG]

QUETTA: The Balochistan government has constituted a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe a lynching incident in which a young man was killed and two others suffered serious injuries here the other day.

A notification issued by the additional chief secretary home here on Sunday evening said the JIT had been constituted under Section 19(1) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.

The eight-member JIT will investigate the unpleasant incident that took place in the Aliabad area of Hazara Town.

The first information report of the incident was registered under Sections 302, 324, 147 and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act at Police Station Brewery, Quetta.

The Federal Investigation Agency’s Financial Monitoring Unit, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan and State Bank of Pakistan have been asked to assist the JIT for investigation of terrorism financing.

The JIT will submit its report to the anti-terrorism court in 15 working days. SSP Investigation Quetta Asad Nassar will head the JIT. Its other members will be one representative each of the Inter-Services Intelligence, Military Intelligence, Intell*igence Bureau, Special Branch and the Counter-Terrorism Department and investigation officers of the case.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1560685/jit-formed-to-investigate-balochistan-lynching-incident

 

[RickyG]

The lynching is a dangerous method of delivering justice but it’s truly remarkable how different the response is when a Sunni Pashtun is killed versus when 20+ Shia Hazaras are killed.

11 arrests over the death of one idiotic perverted person. While a blind eye is turned when 20 Hazara men or women are blown to pieces.

Wasting no time in forming a JIT. Wonder if these JITs are formed when the blasphemy crew goes and attempts to deliver justice to accused blasphemers.