LAHORE – In light of the Joint investigation team’s report submitted to thePunjab chief minister on Tuesday, the government immediately decided toremove the Punjab additional IG and CTD additional IG from their posts.
This was confirmed by Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat in a pressconference held after the investigation report was submitted to the PunjabCM.
Basharat also said that an inquiry has been launched against CTD’s DIG, SPand DSP in Punjab while a challan will be issued for five other officialsof the CTD.
This is a test case for the Punjab government, the law minister said,adding that the Sahiwal shooting case will be made an example by thegovernment.
The people of the province have kept trying to get justice in the past, hesaid, adding that an inquiry against officials has not been carried outwithin 72 hours of any incident in Punjab’s history.
According to the JIT’s initial report, CTD has been held responsible forthe killing of Khalil and his family in the Sahiwal shooting.