It has been confirmed by the Pakistanis police authority
that not less than 20 people were tortured and killed as a Sufi shrine by the
custodian of the shrine.
Investigation revealed that the shrine worshippers were
invited to pay a visit by the shrine’s custodian who with the support of other
accomplices perpetuated the dastardly act.
Deputy commissioner Liaqat Ali Chattha narrated that "As
they kept arriving, they were torturing and murdering them."
Most of the victims were hit on the back of the head in the
incident in Sargodha, Punjab province.
During investigations, the 50-year-old custodian, Abdul
Waheed, confessed to the murders, claiming he feared the victims had wanted to
kill him, said regional police chief Zulfiqar Hameed.
According to Mr Hameed the suspect seemed to be mentally unsound
however another motive could be rivalry for control of the shrine.
Local police station chief Shamshir Joya said the victims,
whose clothes were torn and bloodstained, appeared to have been given
intoxicants.
He added: "We suspect that the victims had been given
some intoxicants before they were murdered, but we will wait for a forensics
report to confirm this suspicion."
Meanwhile a doctor at a Sargodha hospital, Pervaiz Haider,
said: "There are bruises and wounds inflicted by a club and dagger on the
bodies of victims."
Four people were wounded in the incident.
It was with the help of a woman who managed to escape for
her dare life that gave a hint to the police, after which, officers were
deployed to the scence and got Waheed alongside several others.
Mr Joya said the shrine was built about two-and-a-half years
ago and when its former custodian died, Waheed, who was once an employee of the
national election commission, took over.
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