DNA helps Police catch suspect Zainab case


"DNA helps Police catch suspect i Zainab case"


According to JIT report, seven girls were raped and killed by the same 23-year-old perpetrator 
KASUR/ LAHORE: The nearly two week long manhunt for the culprit behind the rape and murder of eight year old Zainab in Kasur came to end on Tuesday, as investigators revealed that the DNA from tissue samples collected from a 23-year old resident of the same vicinity as the victim had matched samples obtained from the crime scene. 
Relaying on the DNA profiles of 1150 men between the ages of 20 and 45 years, the investigators finally zeroed in on Imran ali, a resident of Road Kot and a laborer by profession. He was the 814th suspect whose tissue samples were sent for DNA resting. the police had earlier taken him into custody twice but then released him over health complaints. Dressing a room full of reporters in Lahore on Tuesday evening, a visibly pleased Punjab Chief Minister Shabaz Sharif, accompanied by the victim's father Haji Ameen, announced that law enforcement agencies had worked round the clock to track down the culprit. He added that be had gotten the suspects;s CNA rechecked in his presence, and had Imran undergo a polygraph test to make sure there was no margin of error. Special Branch SSP Muhammad Ifanullah Khan, a senior member of the JIT. Claimed that the suspect had been arrested based on information provided by Special Branch officials. 
According to the report prepared by the joint investigation team probing the grisly crime, the suspect was first identified from the available surveillance video footage. the report, available with Dawn, adds that the police had taken him into custody twice but then released him after learning about his epileptic episodes. Muhammad Sajid, a public relation officer at the DPO's office, told dawn that the suspect was first taken into custody on Jan 9 when Zainab's body was recovered. However, the police released him after he pretended to have heart problems and started vomiting during the interrogation. 
Mr. Sajid added that the police had then released him without obtaining tissue samples for DNA testing because that had wanted to avoid a death in custody. Imran was taken into custody once again on Jan 19, in the light of intelligence reports. this time around, the police collected his tissue samples before releasing him once again, because of his health condition, he was finally arrested on Jan 22 Monday at around 11 pm after police revived the report that matched his DNA with samples obtained in at least seven other similar cases. According to the JIT report, seven girls had been raped and killed by the same perpetrator, while two other victims had survived. 
The JIT report says that several residents of Road Kot had identified Imran as the most likely suspect. 
At the press conference held in Lahore, Haji Ameen thanked the Supreme Court Chief Justice, the army chief and the Punjab chief minister for their help in tracing our the culprit. 
Mr Sharif said that since the suspect had been identified, he would now forma committee that would..... continued 


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