MULTAN: In a dramatic development in the sensational case of 15-year-old orphan Waseem Abbas being brutally crushed to death under a vehicle in a private housing society in Multan, the main accused, Tauqeer Nazir, has been killed in a police encounter.
According to police, the accused was hit by firing from his own fleeing accomplice, while the other suspect managed to escape, taking advantage of the darkness.
District Officer, Crime Control Department (CCD) Irfan Akbar said that after the heart-wrenching incident, police took immediate action and arrested accused Tauqeer Nazir and produced him in court. The Judicial Magistrate, seeing the seriousness of the matter, handed over the accused to police on a four-day physical remand.
However, during the remand, the accused cleverly escaped from police custody. According to police officials, during the search for the escaped accused, personnel tried to stop two motorcyclists on suspicion at the Northern Bypass in Bahawalpur.
As soon as they were signalled, the accused tried to escape and started indiscriminate firing at the police team. Officials said that during the intense exchange of firing, Tauqeer Nazir was killed on the spot by a bullet fired by his own accomplice, while his accomplice fled while firing.
Police have cordoned off the area and started a search operation for his arrest. According to details provided by police, Tauqeer Nazir was brought into custody immediately after the killing of 15-year-old Waseem Abbas.
At the time of his court appearance, there were also reports of severe torture by angry lawyers. After that, the court handed him over to the police on a four-day physical remand, but during the same remand, the surprising incident of his escape occurred, after which the police launched an emergency operation to trace him.
It may be recalled that the horrifying incident of crushing 15-year-old orphan boy Waseem Abbas to death under a vehicle took place in a private housing society in Multan.
The incident caught the attention of the whole country when its terrible CCTV footage came to light. The videos clearly showed how the innocent child was chased by the vehicle and mercilessly run over. With the help of footage from different cameras, police widened the scope of the investigation and took the accused, Tauqeer Nazir, into custody.
Investigations revealed that the deceased, Waseem Abbas, was a resident of an NGO orphanage and was sent to Tauqeer Nazir about a week before the incident to learn electrician work. According to CPO Multan Akhtar Farooq, the accused used to take contracts for electrical work in different buildings of the city, and before this too, children from the orphanage were sent to him to learn skills and work.
After the unexpected death of the main accused, Tauqeer Nazir, the circumstances of this alleged police encounter, the arrest of the second fleeing accomplice, and the legal proceedings related to the murder case of the orphan boy have now become extremely sensitive and important.
According to the official statement of the police, the accused was killed by his own accomplice’s bullet; however, the complete situation will become clear only after confirmation of all technical and legal aspects of the incident and related developments.
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