Extreme Evil - Taking Crime to the Next Level (True Crime) by Phil Clarke, Kate Briggs, Tom Briggs
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the press waited for news, police inside undertook the search of the three-storey house located deep in the heart of the city’s slum area. What they found corroborated the killer’s claims. Blood-spattered walls and a blood-soaked floor led the investigators to a collection of photographs showing the dead wrapped in plastic. Further in they discovered two blue vats of acid with the liquefied remains of three bodies. All items had been left out in the open with neatly-written notes attached. It was clear this man wanted his handiwork confirmed.
Among this deliberate display of death, authorities found a diary giving even more information on the murders committed within. A ledger listing names, ages and dates of their demise revealed the killings had occurred over a five month period between 20 June and 13 November 1999. Iqbal had even calculated the cost of exterminating each child: 120 rupees.
M ANHUNT
Included in the confession Javed Iqbal had stated he planned to commit suicide after the murders by drowning himself in the Ravi River. Police now descended upon its banks to the north of the city, dragging the waters for the corpse of a killer. The nets caught nothing of relevance. This led to what is believed to be the largest manhunt in Pakistan’s history. In a bid to locate the whereabouts of Iqbal, police offered a reward of one million rupees for any information leading to his arrest. On 6 December, four days after the letter’s arrival, detectives arrested two teenagers in Sohawa, some two hundred kilometres north of Lahore. In custody fifteen-year-old Muhammad Sabir confessed to assisting Iqbal in the rape and murder of some twenty-five children.
At the city’s Crime Investigation Agency, a number of people were held under suspicion of involvement in the brutal slaughter of these street urchins. Among these was Ishaq Billa, accused of selling Javed Iqbal the vats of acid used to turn the dismembered remains into mush. On 7th December, the day after his arrest, he fell to his death from the agency’s second storey window. It was deemed a suicide.
Meanwhile, as the hunt for Javed Iqbal continued, the parents of the missing children poured over the collection of ragged clothes and grisly photographs seized by police. By the end of the first week the identities of sixty-nine victims had been confirmed. Sadly, being in such an advanced state of deterior-ation, none of the bodies could be returned to the distraught families.
With each passing day that Javed Iqbal remained free, the people of Lahore became more frustrated. Protesters took to the streets, clashing with police, demanding they locate this abominable child killer in their midst. On 30 December, almost a month after his letter dropped into the laps of the police, the most wanted man in Pakistan came out of hiding.
Walking into the Lahore offices of Urdu news-paper The Daily Jang , Javed Iqbal surrendered, fearing for his life, believing the police were out for blood and wanted to kill him. He was subsequently arrested and gave a full and frank confession to all one-hundred murders. He also clarified his motives for this most heinous series of crimes.
M OTIVE F OR M URDER
The forty-three-year-old chemical engineer was well-known to police. He had been held on charges of child molestation and sodomy on three separate occasions in the past ten years. Each time he avoided a conviction. However, according to Iqbal, events during his time in police custody proved to be the catalyst for killing these children.
Claiming he suffered severe beatings at the hands of the police, breaking his back, crushing his head and leaving him impotent, Iqbal felt victimized. And when Pakistani authorities later dismissed allegations he had been assaulted by two servant boys, the complainant vowed revenge. He would murder exactly one-hundred children as punishment for his misery and pain. Thanks to his successful steel recasting business, Javed had the funds to
Among this deliberate display of death, authorities found a diary giving even more information on the murders committed within. A ledger listing names, ages and dates of their demise revealed the killings had occurred over a five month period between 20 June and 13 November 1999. Iqbal had even calculated the cost of exterminating each child: 120 rupees.
M ANHUNT
Included in the confession Javed Iqbal had stated he planned to commit suicide after the murders by drowning himself in the Ravi River. Police now descended upon its banks to the north of the city, dragging the waters for the corpse of a killer. The nets caught nothing of relevance. This led to what is believed to be the largest manhunt in Pakistan’s history. In a bid to locate the whereabouts of Iqbal, police offered a reward of one million rupees for any information leading to his arrest. On 6 December, four days after the letter’s arrival, detectives arrested two teenagers in Sohawa, some two hundred kilometres north of Lahore. In custody fifteen-year-old Muhammad Sabir confessed to assisting Iqbal in the rape and murder of some twenty-five children.
At the city’s Crime Investigation Agency, a number of people were held under suspicion of involvement in the brutal slaughter of these street urchins. Among these was Ishaq Billa, accused of selling Javed Iqbal the vats of acid used to turn the dismembered remains into mush. On 7th December, the day after his arrest, he fell to his death from the agency’s second storey window. It was deemed a suicide.
Meanwhile, as the hunt for Javed Iqbal continued, the parents of the missing children poured over the collection of ragged clothes and grisly photographs seized by police. By the end of the first week the identities of sixty-nine victims had been confirmed. Sadly, being in such an advanced state of deterior-ation, none of the bodies could be returned to the distraught families.
With each passing day that Javed Iqbal remained free, the people of Lahore became more frustrated. Protesters took to the streets, clashing with police, demanding they locate this abominable child killer in their midst. On 30 December, almost a month after his letter dropped into the laps of the police, the most wanted man in Pakistan came out of hiding.
Walking into the Lahore offices of Urdu news-paper The Daily Jang , Javed Iqbal surrendered, fearing for his life, believing the police were out for blood and wanted to kill him. He was subsequently arrested and gave a full and frank confession to all one-hundred murders. He also clarified his motives for this most heinous series of crimes.
M OTIVE F OR M URDER
The forty-three-year-old chemical engineer was well-known to police. He had been held on charges of child molestation and sodomy on three separate occasions in the past ten years. Each time he avoided a conviction. However, according to Iqbal, events during his time in police custody proved to be the catalyst for killing these children.
Claiming he suffered severe beatings at the hands of the police, breaking his back, crushing his head and leaving him impotent, Iqbal felt victimized. And when Pakistani authorities later dismissed allegations he had been assaulted by two servant boys, the complainant vowed revenge. He would murder exactly one-hundred children as punishment for his misery and pain. Thanks to his successful steel recasting business, Javed had the funds to
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