Prime accused in electrocution of teenage couple remains at large
October 10, 2017
KARACHI: The prime accused, who ordered electrocution of a teenage couple in Karachi in August this year, has fled to tribal areas, according to the police.
The event unfolded on the night of August 14 in Karachi's Ibrahim Hyderi area. Bakht Jan, 15, daughter of Hikmat Taj, had attempted to elope with Ghani Rehman, 17, son of Muhammad Afzal. The teenagers did not succeed.
Even though both the families had reached an agreement, a Jirga still gathered the next day, during which one elder, Sartaj Khan, insisted that the other members reject the families’ decision and instead pass an order to have the teenagers killed.
“They must die for the honour of the tribe and to serve as a lesson for our children,” Khan announced, according to an onlooker present that day.
On the Jirga’s orders, the father and uncle drugged the girl before killing her with electric shocks. The next day the boy’s father did the same and the bodies were buried secretly.
Nearly two months have passed, but there has been no progress in the case. Police have not even received forensic report of the incident so far, Geo News learnt.
According to the law enforcers, the prime accused has fled to his native town in Mohmand Agency - one of the seven federally administered tribal regions in the country.
The relatives of the victims have still been longing for justice.
