LAHORE Two police officers were arrested on Friday after being accused ofconducting a fake encounter in which they had claimed that the rapist offive-year-old Iman Fatima was killed.

Inspector Riaz Abbas Doggar and Inspector Younis are suspected of killingMudassir in a fake encounter, said police officials.

Earlier, police also arrested Deputy Superintendent of Police Mirza ArifRasheed in the same case. He was arrested under instructions from the JointInvestigation Team (JIT).

The police allegedly shot and killed Mudassir in an encounter on February25, 2017.

Police had claimed that Mudassir had confessed to raping and killing ImanFatima.

However, when Imran Ali was caught in the Zainab murder case, his DNAmatched with the sample taken from Fatima’s body.

The case was reopened and the JIT assured Mudassir’s mother that she willreceive justice.