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9 month old baby arrested - niagreuno - 04-07-2014
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/05/world/asia/pakistani-baby-charged/index.html
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A 9-month-old Pakistani boy bawled as he was fingerprinted and booked in Lahore on an attempted murder charge after his family members allegedly threw bricks at police trying to collect an unpaid bill.
The ordeal started February 1 when several police officers and a bailiff went to a home hoping to get payment for a gas bill, said Atif Zulfikar Butt, a senior police official in Lahore.
A scuffle ensued, during which the infant's father, one of his teenage sons and others in the residence severely injured some of the officials by tossing bricks their way, according to Butt.
That led authorities to seek out those in the house. An official document aired by CNN affiliate GEO News shows charges of stoning and attempted murder.
How and why the baby was implicated was unclear, though the Lahore police official acknowledged that the child appeared in court Wednesday and was booked as his grandfather held him.
"The police filed a wrong, false arrest charge sheet and brought this innocent 9-month-old into this court room for an appearance," the family's lawyer, Irfan Tarar, said.
Following media coverage of the incident, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif directed police to immediately suspend a Pakistani official for registering the case against the baby boy, according to police.
CNN's attempts to contact the family members were not successful.
Re: 9 month old baby arrested - Meseret - 04-08-2014
oops, I just posted this. Lemme go remove mine.
Ridiculous!!!!!
Re: 9 month old baby arrested - ketchim - 04-08-2014
Lock em all up ! >
Re: 9 month old baby arrested - chairman - 04-08-2014
Baby Charged With Attempted Murder, Goes Into Hiding in Pakistan Relatives of a nine-month-old baby charged with attempted murder in Pakistan have taken him into hiding, a relative said on Tuesday, in a case that has thrown a spotlight on Pakistan's dysfunctional criminal justice system.
Mohammad Musa Khan appeared in court in the city of Lahore last week, charged with attempted murder along with his father and grandfather after a mob protesting against gas cuts and price increases stoned police and gas company workers trying to collect overdue bills.
"Police are vindictive. Now they are trying to settle the issue on personal grounds, that's why I sent my grandson to Faisalabad for protection," the baby's grandfather, Muhammad Yasin, told Reuters, referring to a central Pakistani city.
Re: 9 month old baby arrested - villagebelle - 04-08-2014
WTH!!!
these people are certifiably nuts!!!
this must be the 5th place i have seen this posted.
Re: 9 month old baby arrested - chairman - 04-09-2014
what kind of police is this