Judicial magistrate’s interim report clarifies that the final findings will depend on the post-mortem report
CCPO Lahore Bilal Saddique Kamyana addresses a press conference. — SCREENGRAB EXPRESS
The Lahore police on Tuesday defended their handling of a case of the death of two women at Township Police Station, saying a judicial inquiry and an interim post-mortem examination had so far found no apparent marks of torture on the bodies, while the DNA and other forensic reports were still awaited.
Addressing a press conference, Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Bilal Siddique Kamyana, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Operations Faisal Kamran, and DIG Investigations Zeeshan Raza stated that no aspect of the case would be left uninvestigated.
According to the police account of the day, a call was received on the emergency helpline 15 at around 2:55pm regarding an alleged swindling incident in the Township area. The police reached the location at 3:11pm, while the complainant arrived at about 4pm.
The first information report (FIR) against the two women was registered at 4:50pm, after which custody was transferred from the operations to the investigation wing at around 5:20pm.
The women were handed over to the investigation wing clerk at approximately 5:30pm.
The police said their condition began deteriorating around 15 minutes later, prompting officials to call Rescue 1122.
The women were moved from the police station to Jinnah Hospital at around 7pm, where they were declared dead.
READ: Post-mortems find no signs of torture in deaths of two women in Lahore police custody
The police said the identification process was initially delayed because the women did not have their CNICs. Investigators traced them through their photographs and names using the Criminal Record Office (CRO).
The officials said two previous cases were found registered against the women at Dinga Police Station in Gujrat in 2023 and Lahore Factory Area in 2024.
Investigators then got a lead regarding another woman in Rawalpindi, which helped them trace the deceased women’s families in Pakpattan.
The police said the post-mortem examination had been delayed because the deceased did not have identification documents and their legal heirs had not initially been located. The examination was conducted after the families were available.
Since the deaths had occurred after the women had been brought into custody, the police requested a magistrate to conduct an inquiry under Section 176 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The judicial magistrate’s interim report clarified that the final findings would depend on the post-mortem report.
The officials also addressed questions surrounding an incident at Ghaziabad Police Station, where an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) had been accused of sexually assaulting a woman on August 2.
غازی آباد واقعہ: ڈی آئی جی آپریشنز کا بڑا ایکشن، ایس ایچ او سمیت تھانے کی تمام نفری معطل
غازی آباد واقعے پر سخت نوٹس لیتے ہوئے ڈی آئی جی آپریشنز نے ناقص سپرویژن اور غفلت برتنے پر ایس ایچ او، 2 سب انسپکٹرز، 8 اے ایس آئیز اور فرنٹ ڈیسک عملے سمیت تھانے کے تمام 78 اہلکاروں کو معطل…
— Lahore Police Official (@Lahorepoliceops) August 4, 2026
The policeman was accused of taking the woman to the police station and assaulting her there.
The police said sections of the law carrying the possibility of capital punishment had been added to the FIR and strict departmental action had also been taken.
The officers said no leniency would be shown if anyone was found guilty, adding that stern action had already been taken against those found responsible for negligence.
They also announced a new policy to ensure the round-the-clock presence of women officers at all police stations in the city. Three officers will be assigned to each police station during the morning shift and two in the evening.
The decision follows an earlier directive restricting women from remaining at police stations in the city after sunset, except in emergency circumstances with approval from a senior officer.
