Two youths tortured to death in public in Sialkot (Video)

Was it robbery, a dispute over cricket, or an old enmity? Regardless of the reason, it was medieval justice delivered by the vigilantes on the watch of the crime stoppers themselves. What a shame that such a height of lawlessness was reached in the birth town of Allama Iqbal - poet philosopher who talked about "Khudi (self) and dreamed of Pakistan for the Muslims of the sub-continent.

Published and TV reports said two brothers were lynched and then their bodies hanged upside down in a public square in Sialkot while police watched.

The Express Tribune published picture of the lynching today. See photo:



Geo was reportedly the first to break the news. Its airing of the video footage (see below) in connection with the death of these two teenage brothers prompted the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry to take suo moto notice of the crime today.

Geo News reported that DPO Sialkot Waqar Chauhan, who reportedly witnessed the crime, was summoned by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Lahore High Court also took suo moto notice of the unfortunate incident of vigilantism.

According to reports, dozens of people beat the two young brothers to death with batons in public in Sialkot in front of eight police officials and a gathering. DPO Sialkot Waqar Chauhan was also present during the incident, it has emerged.

At least eight police officials kept watching the two young brothers being tortured to death blindly but no one intervened including the law enforcing officers present at the scene, video footage showed.

The two brothers died of baton charges. Their dead bodies were then hanged in upside down position at a chowkee.

Deputy Commissioner Sialkot said that the charged mob killed the two brothers for injuring four people in a dispute during a cricket match.

The uncle of the two teenagers said his nephews were tortured for two hours. He said the police has admitted that his sons were lynched due to an enmity. He was talking to the media outside the Supreme Court building.

Express Tribune reported that the two brothers, 18-year-old Moiz Butt and 16-year-old Muneeb Butt, were beaten to death by a mob after an alleged theft and murder in Sialkot on August 16.

Conflicting reports suggested that the victims had been involved in a robbery and murder that took place on Sunday, ET report said.

“Later the police have admitted the teenagers had no criminal record, and that they had been killed due to enmity.”

Fourteen policemen, including an SHO, have been suspended and further investigations are underway.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry summoned Secretary Establishment for action against the police. He said brutal killings in presence of police was the height of lawlessness.

The Supreme Court ordered the establishment division to suspend DPO Sialkot for failing to stop the merciless lynching of the two teenage brothers.

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