Police seek FBR`s assistance in investigating Sargodha shrine murder suspects

SARGODHA: Punjab Police has requested bank account details of the prime suspects of Sargodha shrine massacre from Federal Board of Revenue on Wednesday.

DPO Sargodha Captain(Rtd) Sohail Chaudhry while speaking with Geo News said that a letter has been written to the Federal Board of Revenue and other relevant authorities requesting assistance in looking into the bank account details of the suspects.

Chaudhry said that the custodianship of the shrine was also an important issue behind the murders.

He informed that all aspects of the case are being taken into consideration and ae challan will be filed soon in the court of law, further adding that police have become party to the case because the area people are reluctant to file case on their behalf, however, the people will be taken as witness in the case.

“The shrine has been sealed as the crime scene,” he said.

Furthermore, on the identification of the prime suspect, Abdul Waheed, police have taken into custody another suspect, Kashif, from a local hospital.

Three people, including two women, are still under treatment.

Earlier, the so-called custodian of the shrine in Sargodha confessed to torturing and murdering at least 20 disciples, including four women, on Sunday, police said. The suspect, Abdul Waheed, who was the custodian of Darbar Ali Muhammad Gujjar, a shrine in Chak-95 of Sargodha, used a dagger and sticks to kill his victims, Sargodha Deputy Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta said.

Six of the deceased belonged to the same family. 

Speaking to Geo News, Chatta said Waheed and his accomplices first intoxicated the disciples then tortured them with machetes and batons, eventually killing them. 

The DC added he believed Abdul Waheed suffers from a 'critical mental disorder'.