Chakwal CCD operation under scrutiny after Victim's father disputes police account, alleges forced signature.

 Nine-year-old Hania Ahmed, an Australian national visiting Pakistan with her family, was fatally shot during a robbery incident in Chakwal on the night of June 10. Her father, Adeel Ahmed, and 11-year-old brother, Affan, sustained serious injuries, while her mother, Dr Sidra Khan, escaped unharmed.

The incident drew widespread attention both in Pakistan and abroad. Punjab Police later acknowledged that a Crime Control Department (CCD) officer's actions amounted to "criminal negligence".

In a written complaint submitted to District Police Officer (DPO) Kashif Zulfiqar on Tuesday, Adeel accused City Police Sub-Inspector Ahsan Abdullah of presenting a false account in the First Information Report (FIR) by claiming that the robbers had opened fire.

According to the complaint, Adeel said he was taken to the District Headquarters Hospital in critical condition, where Constable Ateeque, stationed at the police service desk, allegedly behaved inappropriately toward him.

He further claimed that when officials from the City Police Station arrived at the hospital, the constable and the sub-inspector heard his account of the incident but then allegedly pressured him into signing and thumbprinting a blank sheet of paper, telling him he would only receive medical treatment afterward.

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Adeel said the alleged coercion occurred while he and his son were seriously injured, his daughter had already died, and his wife was suffering severe emotional trauma.

He alleged that after obtaining his signature, police sent him and his son for medical examination before both were referred to Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Hospital in Rawalpindi because of the seriousness of their injuries.

The grieving father said he later travelled to Dhudial for Hania's funeral, where he met CCD Sub-Inspector Muhammad Irfan after the investigation was transferred to the CCD.

It was during that meeting, Adeel claimed, that he learned the fatal shot had been fired directly by a CCD constable rather than the alleged robbers.

He also alleged that the FIR had been altered by Sub-Inspector Abdullah, who included Section 322 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), relating to unintentional murder, instead of Section 302, despite what Adeel described as evidence pointing to intentional murder.

The FIR stated that unidentified robbers snatched jewellery from Adeel's wife before taking cover behind a vehicle and opening fire.

Adeel alleged this version of events was deliberately fabricated to shield those responsible.

He said he later provided a detailed factual statement to CCD Sub-Inspector Muhammad Irfan, who formally recorded his account.

In his application, Adeel requested legal action against Sub-Inspector Abdullah and Constable Ateeque, alleging their conduct could compromise the investigation.

Acting on the complaint, DPO Kashif Zulfiqar directed the Headquarters Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) to conduct a fact-finding inquiry.

 He instructed the officer to contact Adeel if he had already returned to Australia and submit the inquiry report within three days.

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A senior officer at the City Police Station, however, rejected the allegations, calling them baseless.

The officer maintained that the FIR was registered according to standard operating procedures and in the presence of the victim's family.

He also denied that any police official mistreated Adeel, saying such behaviour was unimaginable given the family's tragic circumstances.

Earlier, on June 18, CCD Additional Inspector General Sohail Zafar Chattha said the officer charged in the case would receive no special treatment and that the investigation report would be completed within a week.

Since its establishment last year, the Crime Control Department (CCD) has faced criticism from human rights organisations and civil society over alleged staged police encounters and extrajudicial killings.

In February, a fact-finding report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) alleged that the CCD had adopted a pattern of staging police encounters that resulted in unlawful killings.