A strange incident of alleged attempted murder took place in DHA 2, Islamabad on 17th September 2019. Reportedly, the young son of a retired major allegedly attempted to murder a young married man by hitting him with his car.
Here’s what happened. Took a wrong turn and almost hit them beforehand. pic.twitter.com/db8uYN3Pp4
— maheen (@mxyhxn) September 21, 2019
In the CCTV footage, it is seen that the culprit’s car took a wrong turn on the main DHA 2 roundabout (McDonald’s Chowk) and came head-on to the victim’s car.
The victim stopped the reckless driver and exchanged some hot words. The victim was still walking back to his car when the culprit reversed his car and hit him with maximum speed, while the victim was facing the other way.
The victim, identified as a telecom engineer and a father of a two-month-old daughter received multiple head injuries and is lying unconscious at CMH Rawalpindi.
A family friend of the victim took to Twitter to narrate the horrific incident.
If you can’t fucking drive and can’t stand someone telling you to get your shit together after taking a wrong turn GET THE FUCK OFF THE ROAD! Our family friend is in the hospital because kids like this exist, hiding behind their army background- pic.twitter.com/MsJhW4lFkp
— maheen (@mxyhxn) September 21, 2019
The culprit was identified to be the son of retired Major Zubair, 62nd PMA, who is allegedly pressurizing the victim’s father to drop charges against his son.
not accepting any consequences. This is the kid who did it, and his dad who’s a retired Major called and said “janay dein donon ki ghalti hai” pic.twitter.com/B35N1Xk7X1
— maheen (@mxyhxn) September 21, 2019
Pakistanis are absolutely baffled by this brutal turn of events.
My God… that's is 100% attempted murder, consciously carried out.
It doesnt matter what the exchange of words was, nothing warrants such an attempt to consciously take a human's life.
— Mustafa (@m_j_bajwa) September 21, 2019
Underage driving, which means he doesn't have a license, any accident carried out by someone without a license is directly an attempt to murder.
— Moiz Nadeem (@_iMoiz) September 21, 2019
People talked about how the parents who defend their children in such a situation should also be held responsible.
It's fault of parents who raise such spoilt kids and than defend their crimes. Parents should be put in jail n son in mental asylum. But our corrupt systems will not catch him and even if caught he will be baizat bari soon.
— faiza abrar (@abrarfaiza) September 22, 2019
People are demanding strict punishment for the culprit.
That is just absolutely mental. The driver MUST be incarcerated in a mental institution before being transferred to jail.
— ABW (@abwpak) September 21, 2019
Others are hoping for a speedy recovery for the victim.
Wishing your friend a speedy recovery. I hope this kid rots in jail
— Bilal Sadiq (@OlaComoEstaas) September 21, 2019
According to the latest bit of shared information, an FIR under PPC section 324 has been registered and the culprit has been arrested.
They did! They arrested him earlier today but his family is trying to get the charges dropped. That’s what’s pissing me off
— maheen (@mxyhxn) September 21, 2019
May justice be provided to the victim’s family. This is highly appalling, but also quite common. Perhaps it’s time we start holding people accountable, rather than letting these incidents become the norm.
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