Kasur scandal 'a slap in the face' of Punjab good governance claims: PTI leader

KASUR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Mehmoodur Rasheed said on Sunday that the massive child sex abuse scandal was a slap in the face of claims of good governance in Punjab by the PML-N government.

"This incident is a slap in the face of claims of good governance by the Punjab government," said Rasheed as he spoke to reporters after visiting families of the victims in Kasur.

Rasheed claimed that the matter had nothing to do with a land dispute as claimed by police officials and alleged that law enforcers were trying to cover up the scandal.

"Such a crime continued to take place at such a large scale here and the government stayed asleep. I demand on behalf of the PTI and chairman Imran Khan that all these culprits not only be apprehended immediately but also be tried under military courts," he said.

Rasheed demanded that the culprits involved in the heinous crime be awarded the strictest of punishment so that nobody would dare to attempt such acts in the future.



On Saturday, the nation was shocked by reports of gang of criminals producing and selling illicit videos of child sexual abuse for the last 10 years in Ganda Singh Wala area of Kasur in Punjab province for the last 10 years.

Investigations into the massive child sexual abuse scandal – termed the biggest in the country's history – revealed that around 400 videos were made of 280 minor victims of sexual abuse by the organised gang of over 25 criminals.

Several parents of victims were consistently blackmailed and coerced into paying hundreds of thousands of rupees with threats of releasing the videos in public. Reports said families in the locality were helpless as officials all along remained apathetic to the incident.

A report presented to the chief minister on Saturday said six accused had already been arrested in the case while raids were being conducted to arrest the remaining criminals.



Police said another suspect was arrested Sunday morning, bringing the total number of suspects apprehended in the case to seven.

Earlier today, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif ordered a judicial inquiry into the matter to bring the culprits to justice.