LAHORE : Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Friday that the apexcourt should register a case against Dr Shahid Masood for coming forth withfalse allegations of political figures being involved in the Zainab rapeand murder case.

Speaking to a private television channel, Rana Sanaullah said that theZainab rape and murder case was being investigated from all angles.

“No organised group is behind suspect Imran Ali,” insisted Rana Sanaullah.

The law minister urged the Supreme Court to register a case against DrShahid Masood, a television anchor, for coming up with false allegationsthat suspect Imran Ali had 37 bank accounts, some of them holding foreigncurrency, in his own name.

“Reports that the suspect had multiple bank accounts is false,” he said.“Supreme Court should register a case against the one who gave this news,”he added.

The FIA took stock of the details provided by the central bank andconfirmed that Imran Ali has no bank accounts under his name. The sourcesprivy to the Punjab government told Samaa that it was mulling taking legalaction against the television anchorperson, who churned out the claimsregarding bank accounts, after the final reports are received.

Punjab government announced on its Twitter handle that Dr. Shahid Masooddid not appear before the JIT to share the proofs regarding his claims onbank accounts of Zainab’s murderer. The Tweet said the televisionanchorperson’s contacts numbers were unreachable.

Taking notice of the reports of his claims, the Punjab government set up ajoint investigation committee to launch an inquiry into alleged foreignaccounts of Imran Ali accused of raping and killing seven-year-old ZainabAnsari and seven other young girls in Kasur.

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