Tuesday, July 15, 2008
By Sajid Bashir
LAHORE: AN Additional Sessions judge acquitted an armed forces personal and his friend accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a female athlete in a local hotel two years ago.
The police recovered the body of victim, Asma Mushtaq, 20, a resident of Faisalabad, hanging from a ceiling fan by her headscarf in room No 311 of Sassta Hotel near the shrine of Data Sahib, while the two persons accompanying her had escaped.
The judge acquitted the accused after prosecution failed to prove charges against them and they filed an acquittal application under section 265-k CrPC. Father of the deceased, Mushtaq Ahmad, registered an FIR with the Lower Mall police station in which he nominated Muhammad Azam, a Naik in Baloch Regiment of Army at Parachinar and his friend Tawakal, for allegedly murdering his daughter after sexually assaulting her.
He stated that the accused brought her to Lahore from Faisalabad on the pretext of getting her a job in the army based on her sporting skills.
Mushtaq Ahmad further stated in FIR that Muhammad Azam who had met her daughter a sports ceremony had offered her help in getting a job in army and later remained pressing her to go to Lahore for meeting higher authorities.
Mushtaq Ahmad said one day before the murder, Muhammad Azam’s friend Tawakal came to his house and took Asma with him for Lahore. According to the FIR, after reaching Lahore, they rented a room in a hotel named Sassta Hotel near the shrine of Data Sahib where they both raped the victim and then killed her by strangling her with her Dopata.
Naik Muhammad Azam and his companion Tawakal escaped from the hotel after issuing life threats to the hotel staff and management. Mushtaq said he came to know about the murder from his neighbour Idris Khan who had come to Lahore to visit Data Sahib Shrine and learnt about the incident.
Idris told him that he had a booking in the same hotel where his daughter was found dead. During the proceedings, accused Azam pleaded that the girl committed suicide. He said he had relations with the victim for a long time and he wanted her to get a job in the army. On the day she died, he had left her in the hotel room with Tawakal to go out to meet some friends.
Upon return, he found Tawakal standing outside the room and the door was locked from inside. He said the police were called to break open the door where they found the girl hanging from the fan. Tawakal said he had gone to washroom and upon return he found the door locked from inside.
The police recovered the body of victim, Asma Mushtaq, 20, a resident of Faisalabad, hanging from a ceiling fan by her headscarf in room No 311 of Sassta Hotel near the shrine of Data Sahib, while the two persons accompanying her had escaped.
The judge acquitted the accused after prosecution failed to prove charges against them and they filed an acquittal application under section 265-k CrPC. Father of the deceased, Mushtaq Ahmad, registered an FIR with the Lower Mall police station in which he nominated Muhammad Azam, a Naik in Baloch Regiment of Army at Parachinar and his friend Tawakal, for allegedly murdering his daughter after sexually assaulting her.
He stated that the accused brought her to Lahore from Faisalabad on the pretext of getting her a job in the army based on her sporting skills.
Mushtaq Ahmad further stated in FIR that Muhammad Azam who had met her daughter a sports ceremony had offered her help in getting a job in army and later remained pressing her to go to Lahore for meeting higher authorities.
Mushtaq Ahmad said one day before the murder, Muhammad Azam’s friend Tawakal came to his house and took Asma with him for Lahore. According to the FIR, after reaching Lahore, they rented a room in a hotel named Sassta Hotel near the shrine of Data Sahib where they both raped the victim and then killed her by strangling her with her Dopata.
Naik Muhammad Azam and his companion Tawakal escaped from the hotel after issuing life threats to the hotel staff and management. Mushtaq said he came to know about the murder from his neighbour Idris Khan who had come to Lahore to visit Data Sahib Shrine and learnt about the incident.
Idris told him that he had a booking in the same hotel where his daughter was found dead. During the proceedings, accused Azam pleaded that the girl committed suicide. He said he had relations with the victim for a long time and he wanted her to get a job in the army. On the day she died, he had left her in the hotel room with Tawakal to go out to meet some friends.
Upon return, he found Tawakal standing outside the room and the door was locked from inside. He said the police were called to break open the door where they found the girl hanging from the fan. Tawakal said he had gone to washroom and upon return he found the door locked from inside.
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