Man's terrible inhumanity to Man..
I was sickened by the videos doing the rounds... Google, if you have the stomach :O(
The lynching of two youth by a mob in the presence of policemen in Pakistan's central Punjab province has prompted the Supreme Court chief justice to order authorities to take stern action against the killers.
Civil society groups and the media have expressed concern about the incident that occurred in Sialkot district on August 15, saying it reflected the "growing intolerance" in Pakistani society.
Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry took suo moto notice of the incident after TV news channels beamed shocking footage of the youths — Hafiz Mughees, 21, and his brother Hafiz Muneeb, 16 — being beaten to death by a group of men armed with sticks and rods.
Sialkot district police chief Waqar Chauhan, eight other policemen and hundreds of people watched the lynching. The video aired by news channels showed that the youths were hit repeatedly by some men.
The mob later hung the bodies of the brothers upside down in a square. According to a First Information Report filed by the police, the brothers were going to meet their relatives in Buttar village when some people caught them and accused them of being robbers.
In a brazen display of mob justice, they tortured the brothers, killed them and then hung their bodies and tried to burn them. The family of the youths has demanded justice and stern legal action against police officials who failed to rescue the brothers.
The family said the youths were killed in the wake of a dispute over a cricket match they played some time ago. The deputy commissioner of Sialkot said a charged mob killed the two brothers for injuring four people in a dispute over a cricket match.
The negligence shown by the police could not be ignored, the chief justice observed. Pakistan is already facing natural disasters and crisis with people dying of hunger but police were indulging in extra-judicial killings, Mr Chaudhry said.
District police chief Chauhan and the SP (investigation) have been removed from active duty on the chief justice's orders and a case has been registered against 14 policemen and 17 other people.
Nine of them have been arrested so far. Gujranwala's deputy inspector general of police Zulfikar Cheema told reporters on Saturday: "It's an act of gruesome murder. It cannot be justified. All those involved in this gruesome murder will be arrested and legal proceedings initiated against them".
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That's so backward. I cannot imagine what their parents must be feeling. These 2 boys must have been terrified. What a way to die.An eye for an eye. Thats what iwould like to see.
old and long story... if u have guts.. u can check on youtube.. but leave it..
Ohh my..this is soo brutal..How could those people watching the incident especially the policemen afford to just stand there and look as if it's a live movie? Sad to know that there are really people who rejoice in seeing other people being killed,raped,or tortured..
Nothing happened in this case also.. :(
we the ppl forget every thing after some time.. at that time just roaring, shouting.. and then deep silence :(
cant we protest ???? i really wana protest againt the ppl who were standing and watching it happening ...!!!
shame on the people who were standing and just watching
Even if they were robbers this kind of mob "justice" must not be allowed in civilised societies.
and shameful beyond belief:(
I have never seen such cruelity and barbarism.....
I doubt that those responsible will be ever put to task:(:(
about police torture of a pickpocket. I wonder which is worse? Both are unacceptable acts.
"The family said the youths were killed in the wake of a dispute over a cricket match they played some time ago".
- if that was the real reason for the lynching, it's a stupid excuse!
The culprits should be hanged in public..Infact they should get the most harsh punishment that one has ever got in PAKISTAN..SHAMELESS people !!
this action is even worst than animal, unthinkable in present time, No justification at all, everybody there should be hanged till death... cant find words to express my utter grief on this gruesome act..
You are right.. Once the mob mentality takes root people lose touch with reality, but this action is that of animals. The Police stood by and watched probably because they were afraid of getting killed also.
The government needs to act quickly and bring the culprits to justice..
Angry mobs can really get out of hand but this is a way too much to digest :(
These 2 youth weren't even able to defend themselves. And me thinks we're living in an educated society. Reading the story reminded me of the lynching of the blacks in the US decades ago...quite sad :(
Sadly, stuff like this seems to be rather common over there. At least it is posted rather frequently on QL.
savages
The police officers present should be first flogged right there.
they should get death penalty in the middle of sialkot city with sticks and rods.......
both boys went there to play cricket, they never knew they would never see their parents, and would be killed... :(