[Geo News] Case has been registered against 17 known and 783 unknown people on charges including those of killing, attempt to kill and terrorism following Saturday's violent incidents in Gojra.They're no doubt being rounded up even as we
The case was registered on the request of Church Bishop while the families of the victims staged protest against the killings by laying bodies of their loved ones on railway tracks.
Had His Eminence the bishop not asked for the case to be registered the authorities would have simply pretended nothing had happened.
The bereaved families demanded immediate arrest of the people responsible for the violence.
They're back in Jhang by now, protected by their anonymity and their local constabulary.
Rangers, who took control of the city, have started patrolling in Gojra. Spokesman of the Rangers has said that the situation is now totally under control.
Unless somebody claims there's a page missing from his Koran, of course...
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif has announced Rs500,000 for each bereaved family and directed the Commissioner and RPO to stay in the area till normalcy is restored in Gojra. Minister of Law Rana Sanaullah has said that police, launching a crack down on miscreants, has arrested over 100 people.
How many of whom started out as victims?
Police says Abdul Khalid, member of a banned organization, is among the arrested.
The "banned organization" would be Sipah-e-Sahaba, or maybe Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. They specialize in this sort of thing. And Abdul Khalid will likely make bail and abscond, changing his name to Abdul Khaled and confounding the pursuit.