Police arrest 13 suspects for alleged murder of rice cracker seller at Pattoki wedding

[MenInG]

The Punjab police on Tuesday arrested 13 suspects for the alleged murder of a papad (rice cracker) seller during a wedding in Pattoki, police said.

According to the first information report (FIR) of the incident, the rice cracker vendor, Mohammad Ashraf, got into a dispute with guests at a wedding procession in Pattoki, after which he was beaten up and dragged inside the wedding hall.

The incident came to the limelight when footage, allegedly showing Ashraf's body near a seemingly apathetic crowd that continued eating at the wedding, went viral on social media and aroused public anger at the callousness on display.

Pattoki Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Asif Hanif told DawnNewsTV the incident was "very unfortunate". The DSP said he formed teams when he got to know of the incident and 13 suspects were arrested who were being interrogated.

Punjab Inspector General of Police Rao Sardar Ali Khan took notice of the incident and directed Kasur District Police Officer (DPO) Sohaib Ashraf to immediately arrest the culprits.

The DPO said the police had raided places at Kanganpur, Pattoki and Sarai Mughal last night and arrested 12 suspects. He said doctors had not confirmed torture in the initial post-mortem report of the deceased and the police were investigating every aspect of the case.

DPO Ashraf added the Punjab Forensic Science Agency had collected evidence from the scene and the "real facts" would emerge after the final report.

A spokesperson for the Punjab police, Osama Mehmood, said Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and the IGP had taken notice of the incident at night. He added that the DPO was leading the investigation of the incident and the requirements of justice would be fulfilled with CCTV footage and other evidence being looked into to identify the suspects.

CM Buzdar ordered a report from the IGP and said the culprits should be apprehended immediately. "The suspects do not deserve any leeway. Justice should be ensured to the family of the deceased," he said.

Case registered

The FIR was registered at Pattoki police station by the deceased's brother-in-law, Parvez, on Monday under section 147 (punishment for rioting), section 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) and 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Parvez said he and a companion were passing by Al Jannat wedding hall at Pattoki's Kahna road around 4pm when he saw five to six people along with others beating his brother-in-law, Mohammad Ashraf.

"We went and started pleading [with] the people who were beating him [to stop]. They dragged him inside the wedding hall," the FIR quoted him as saying.

He said Ashraf died on the spot from his injuries.

Parvez added that upon inquiring he found out that the suspects had arrived with the wedding procession and Ashraf was selling rice crackers there. An altercation happened over the purchase of crackers upon which the suspects started beating Ashraf with some local accomplices, the FIR said.

Parvez said he and other witnesses could identify the suspects if they were brought before them. "Severe injustice has been done to us," he said in the FIR, demanding that action should be taken.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1681284/p...der-of-rice-cracker-seller-at-pattoki-wedding

 

[JaDed]

RIP With tech and instant recording the amount of brutality news that will come out of South Asia will hopefully give a clearer picture of the crime.

 

[saeedhk]

The dead body of the hawker was lying in the middle of the marriage hall while people banqueted around it. Another day, another news of extreme violence coming out of Pakistan. When will such madness stop? Why are people so heartless and cruel?

 

[Cover Drive Six]

This is unbelievable...I just can't believe what I saw in that video
Such a painful and heartbreaking incident. I am at a loss of words...omg

RIP

 

[msaaim89]

This is unbelievable...I just can't believe what I saw in that video
Such a painful and heartbreaking incident. I am at a loss of words...omg

RIP

Won't watch the video. Picture is enough which clearly shows victims body in hall with wedding attendees continuing on with function.

Completely baffling behaviour.

 

[Major]

People will forget about it nothing will change. Whats funny is many pakistanis are outraged by this but dont know the full story of what happened, and if they knew what happened they will not change their habits.

What happened in this case was, in marriages, especially in punjabi culture, people like to throw veil. Veil is basically throwing bundles of cash in the air on the groom. Now when the money lands, the dhol wallahs will have one or two guys whose duty is to collect the cash falling on ground and stuff them in their bags. Kids are also trying to grab free cash. Dhol walas also collect it because the money they are suppose to make of an event comes from this way.

Anyways, as this was happening outside, it attracted the poor onlookers and hawkers and they decided to join and try to grab some rupees. Its a poor country at the end of the day with no economic development. When collecting the cash falling on the groom, often the collectors become a bit jazbati and this poor guy maybe got shoved or hit and died on spot.

After which the body laid inside and all the people that had came to the marriage enjoyed their lunch as if nothing happened, while a body laid there and mosquitos started to appear on it. They placed a cloth on top of it.

You can call the people eating lunch as jahils or sadist or whatever you want. But its the reality of the country that instead of wait and stand there over the body, the only reason why they are at the marriage is because they are getting a free meal, and thus they are gonna satify their hunger first than rather stand over thr body. Rational if you think about it with context.

This shows the poverty of the country from both sides..

Anyways, the least they could do is ban this veil culture, but not gonna happen

 

[JaDed]

People will forget about it nothing will change. Whats funny is many pakistanis are outraged by this but dont know the full story of what happened, and if they knew what happened they will not change their habits.

What happened in this case was, in marriages, especially in punjabi culture, people like to throw veil. Veil is basically throwing bundles of cash in the air on the groom. Now when the money lands, the dhol wallahs will have one or two guys whose duty is to collect the cash falling on ground and stuff them in their bags. Kids are also trying to grab free cash. Dhol walas also collect it because the money they are suppose to make of an event comes from this way.

Anyways, as this was happening outside, it attracted the poor onlookers and hawkers and they decided to join and try to grab some rupees. Its a poor country at the end of the day with no economic development. When collecting the cash falling on the groom, often the collectors become a bit jazbati and this poor guy maybe got shoved or hit and died on spot.

After which the body laid inside and all the people that had came to the marriage enjoyed their lunch as if nothing happened, while a body laid there and mosquitos started to appear on it. They placed a cloth on top of it.

You can call the people eating lunch as jahils or sadist or whatever you want. But its the reality of the country that instead of wait and stand there over the body, the only reason why they are at the marriage is because they are getting a free meal, and thus they are gonna satify their hunger first than rather stand over thr body. Rational if you think about it with context.

This shows the poverty of the country from both sides..

Anyways, the least they could do is ban this veil culture, but not gonna happen

Baffling to say the least also this probadas more to do the class of the person than died.

South Asia is such a society.

 

[Major]

Baffling to say the least also this probadas more to do the class of the person than died.

South Asia is such a society.

Nothing to do with class. We dont have class issue in pakistan.

Its more of an issue related to poverty...

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

People will forget about it nothing will change. Whats funny is many pakistanis are outraged by this but dont know the full story of what happened, and if they knew what happened they will not change their habits.

What happened in this case was, in marriages, especially in punjabi culture, people like to throw veil. Veil is basically throwing bundles of cash in the air on the groom. Now when the money lands, the dhol wallahs will have one or two guys whose duty is to collect the cash falling on ground and stuff them in their bags. Kids are also trying to grab free cash. Dhol walas also collect it because the money they are suppose to make of an event comes from this way.

Anyways, as this was happening outside, it attracted the poor onlookers and hawkers and they decided to join and try to grab some rupees. Its a poor country at the end of the day with no economic development. When collecting the cash falling on the groom, often the collectors become a bit jazbati and this poor guy maybe got shoved or hit and died on spot.

After which the body laid inside and all the people that had came to the marriage enjoyed their lunch as if nothing happened, while a body laid there and mosquitos started to appear on it. They placed a cloth on top of it.

You can call the people eating lunch as jahils or sadist or whatever you want. But its the reality of the country that instead of wait and stand there over the body, the only reason why they are at the marriage is because they are getting a free meal, and thus they are gonna satify their hunger first than rather stand over thr body. Rational if you think about it with context.

This shows the poverty of the country from both sides..

Anyways, the least they could do is ban this veil culture, but not gonna happen

What? Where did that come from?

 

[Major]

What? Where did that come from?

you need to re-read what i wrote, line 3