Sialkot lynching: accused SHO, Rana Ilyas, escapes to foreign country

SIALKOT: Rana Ilyas, the accused Station House Officer (SHO), who was suspended in the Sialkot lynching case, has managed to escape to a foreign country, SAMAA reported on Thursday. According to sources, the suspended SHO who is a key accused in the brutal lynching of Hafiz Mughees and Munib, has escaped via illegal routes to Dubai or Iran. The DPO of Sialkot, Bilal Kamyana, has said that the suspended SHO did not have a passport, and his name was on Exit Control List (ECL); it was not possible for him to legally leave Pakistan. The additional SP, Nasir Qureshi, has said that the District Police Department of Sialkot has announced Rs. 0.2 million as bounty for those who will help arrest the suspended SHO. SAMAA