ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has taken suo motu notice of 5-year-old girl’s rape incident in Lahore and summoned Punjab’s Inspector General of Police to appear before the apex court on Saturday (today).
On late Thursday, an unknown accused kidnapped the girl named Sumbul and later dumped her in front of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital of the provincial capital after committing rape. The girls was immediately moved to the city’s Children Hospital after doctors suggested podiatric surgery.
The CJ, issuing notice, has directed the IG to appear before the apex court at 8am today and submit the report into the incident. The court has also issued notices to Lahore’s Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) and the DIG Operation.
Hospital sources said that the girl’s surgery had been successful, adding that she is stable but still unconscious.
The country’s civil society and people from the other walks of life had demanded the apex court to take notice of the incident as the culprit behind is still at large.
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