LAHORE – Punjab Police has used the latest technology and the resourcesavailable with the Punjab government to arrest the main accused of theZainab Rape and murder case.
The prime suspect in Zainab Ameen’s rape-murder case has been arrested,according to Punjab Police.
Using technology, forensic analysis and scientific investigation, lawenforcement agencies with the help of Punjab Information Technology Board(PITB) and forensics lab have nabbed Imran Ali, who has reportedlyconfessed to his crime.
Although the Punjab government has yet to confirm whether or not Imran Aliis the real culprit, sources revealed to Daily Pakistan that the LEAs wereable to round up the suspect through geo-fencing and call data recordanalysis.
The analysis platform, which is typically used for terrorism-relatedinvestigations, enables the authorities to collect CDR (call data records),previous criminal history and profiles, and historical data about suspectsfrom the method of crime and various other clues.
In this case, the authorities used the call data records from the vicinityof all the previous crimes and identified people who were common to all thesituations. The cellphone of the suspect in the Kasur child rape-murdercase was detected in 4 out of 5 recent instances where the same DNA wasidentified, the sources added.
Police say the suspect, who was arrested from Pakpattan, is a resident ofthe same area where Zainab’s house is located and lives very close to thevictim’s aunt’s house.
His appearance matches that of an individual who was seen with Zainab inCCTV footage recovered by the police.
He was arrested as part of the investigation earlier but was let go, onlyto be arrested again after more evidence was collected.
On January 4, Zainab went missing after leaving her house on Kasur’s RoadKot area to attend religious lessons at her maternal aunt’s house a shortdistance away.
A few days later, her body was recovered from a trash heap. An autopsyconfirmed that she was strangled to death and that she had also been rapedbefore she was killed.
Police had confirmed on January 13 that the results of DNA tests carriedout in the wake of the rape and murder of Zainab in Kasur indicated theinvolvement of one culprit in at least seven similar cases that occurred inthe district over the past year.
Zainab’s rape and murder had sparked outrage in Kasur as well as across thecountry, with many calling for strict punishment that would actively detersuch acts in the future.