LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to reprimand five police officials for failing to respond in time to the public assault of a woman at Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan on Independence Day.
Chief Minister Usman Buzdar presided over a meeting Friday to review the progress made in the investigation so far. Punjab IG Inam Ghani presented a report, in which the role of police officials was also discussed.
The CM instructed the IG to suspend the concerned police officers. Lahore DIG Operations Sajid Kayani, SSP Operations Syed Nadeem Abbas and Additional SP Operations Hassan Jahangir were removed from their posts, while DSP Badami Bagh Usman Haider and SHO Lorry Adda Mohammad Jamil were suspended.
The provincial government also suspended the projector director and deputy director of the Greater Iqbal Park.
