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| 28 people involved in Pindi incident identified: Sanaullah |
| 2013-11-22 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Thursday said an investigation team probing the Raja Bazaar incident had so far identified 28 men involved in the violence on 10th of Muharram. "The Sherlocks have complete information of the 28 accused, out of which 16 are in their custody," he said, while addressing a news conference at the Punjab House. He said the accused had been identified through the closed-circuit TV camera footage, forensic and other evidences. He said there was no doubt about their identities and involvement in violence, which took the lives of 11 innocent persons and injured 56 others. He said the team was continuing its investigations in an independent manner and added that no one would be tossed in the clink Please don't kill me! without evidence. He said keeping in view the sensitivity of the incident, the Ulema and Mashaikh from all schools of thought should limit their Friday protest to worship places as 'anti-state elements' were out to take advantage of the situation. Sanaullah said the local administration had been directed to ensure foolproof security at all mosques and imambargahs on Friday. "The Punjab government requests Ulema to limit their protests within worship places and another opportunity should not be provided to anti-state elements to attack the national unity," he added. Terming the Rawalpindi incident condemnable, the minister said the culprits involved in the heinous crime had nothing to do with Islam and had no association with any school of thought. Sanaullah said the provincial government had allocated Rs 240 million for the reconstruction of shops and the seminary damaged in the Raja Bazaar incident. "It is an initial allocation and more will be provided after the report of the Damage Assessment Committee," he said. He said a highly professional team of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) would carry out the reconstruction work, which would commence after lifting the debris from the site. The shopkeepers of the Madina Market had requested to stop the debris lifting process, as they wanted to visit their gutted shops first. However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... he said the site would be cleared within a few days. He said whosoever suffered financial loss in the incident should approach the Damage Assessment Committee for compensation. |
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