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Geo.tv/FilesLAHORE: The man who kidnapped, raped, and murdered four children in Kasur's district, Chunian, has been arrested, Punjab Chief
Minister Usman Buzdar said as he addressed a news conference Tuesday evening.The accused was arrested for kidnapping, raping, and murdering
four children, namely Imran, 12, of Rana Town, Salman, 9, and Ali Hasnain and Faizan, both 8.The bodies of the four minors were recovered
from sand dunes in and near the Chunian Industrial Area.CM Buzdar informed reporters during the press conference that the suspect was
tracked and detained after his DNA matched the samples collected from near the bodies of the deceased children
He will be tried in the anti-terrorism court, he added.Last month, police had said the remains of at least three of the four children who
went missing from the city's Chunian locality over the past 75 days were found.Raped before being buriedAll three were brutally raped
before being buried underground, police had confirmed, saying the body of one of the four missing children was recovered, while only the
remains of the other two were found
Shahid Afridi demands public hanging of rapistsForensic teams collected samples and evidence from the various crime sites after Buzdar had
taken took notice of the incident and summoned a report in this regard.A day later, protests had erupted across the city, protesters
shutting down the shops and transport in some areas
The city's trade and bar associations had called for a strike after the dead bodies of three children were discovered by
authorities.Protesters had targeted a police station and pelted it with stones as anger over the incident spilt over into different parts of
the Chunian locality.They demanded that the police arrest the culprits behind the incident.Punjab government's actionSubsequently, the
inspector-general of police (IGP) for Punjab, Arif Nawaz Khan, had observed in a statement that there seemed to be similarities in the
incidents of child abduction and murder.A special team — led by the superintendent of police (SP) for investigation in Kasur, Quddus Baig
— was dispatched in this regard and the IGP directed them to present an initial report in six hours.A joint investigation team (JIT) was
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