A critical development has emerged in the tragic killing of nine-year-old Australian citizen Hania Ahmed, as her father formally alleged that responding police officials forced him to sign a blank piece of paper to distort the investigation. Adeel Ahmed, who was severely wounded in the June 10 shooting in Chakwal city, submitted a formal application to District Police Officer (DPO) Kashif Zulfiqar on Tuesday. The grieving father explicitly countered the official police narrative, asserting that the suspected robbers did not fire any weapons and that his daughter was killed by direct firing from a Crime Control Department (CCD) official.
Key Highlights
- New Allegations:The victim’s father claims City Police Station personnel coerced him into signing blank paper while he was in critical condition at the hospital.
- Altered Charges: The complainant alleges that sub-inspector Ahsan Abdullah fabricated the initial First Information Report (FIR) to apply a weaker charge of unintentional murder (Section 322) instead of premeditated murder (Section 302).
- The Shooting: Nine-year-old Hania Ahmed was killed on the spot on June 10, 2026, during an incident involving a CCD official, drawing international attention due to her Australian citizenship.
- Official Inquiry: DPO Kashif Zulfiqar has ordered a high-level fact-finding inquiry, mandating the Headquarters Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) to submit a full report within three days.
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Distressed Family Coerced at Hospital Counter, Application States
According to the official application submitted to the district police command, the alleged manipulation began immediately after the family arrived at the District Headquarters Hospital in critical condition. Adeel stated that while his daughter lay dead, and both he and his 11-year-old son Affan suffered from serious gunshot wounds, a constable counter-assigned to the medical facility misbehaved with him. City Police Station personnel then allegedly utilized the extreme emotional shock of his wife, Dr. Sidra Khan, to pressure him into providing thumbprints and signatures on a blank sheet of paper before allowing medical doctors to treat his injuries.
The application further details that the wounded father and son were subsequently referred to Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Hospital in Rawalpindi due to the severity of their wounds. The next day, during his daughter’s funeral in Dhudial, Adeel met with CCD Sub-Inspector Muhammad Irfan after the case file was transferred. It was during this interaction that the family discovered the FIR attributed the fatal shots to unidentified fleeing robbers, a narrative the father terms entirely fabricated to protect the state official responsible for the criminal negligence.
District Police Order Rapid Fact-Finding Probe Amid CCD Scrutiny
In immediate response to the grave allegations against the local precinct, DPO Zulfiqar directed the Headquarters DSP to launch an immediate fact-finding inquiry. The inquiry officer has been ordered to complete the investigation within three days and maintain phone contact with the complainant should the family return to Australia. Meanwhile, a senior official at the City Police Station strongly rejected the family’s claims, calling them entirely baseless and maintaining that the FIR was registered transparently in accordance with standard operating procedures.
The controversial incident has renewed intense public scrutiny on the newly established Crime Control Department, which was formed last year to curb regional crime. Human rights advocates and civil society members have frequently criticized the specialized unit for heavy-handed operations. Observers noted that in February, a fact-finding report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) raised alarms regarding the department’s operational methods.
As the local administration moves to investigate its own personnel, the community remains deeply shaken by the loss of a young life. Civil society groups are closely watching the probe, hoping that institutional transparency will prevail and bring complete, uncompromised justice to the affected family.
