Javed Iqbal was a serial killer from Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. He killed 100 boys during a five-month period. Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Shalimar Gardens in Lahore Lahore (لاەور) is a major city in Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab. ... The Punjab/ پنجاب province of Pakistan is part of the larger Punjab region. ...

Before he killed the boys, he had been arrested in June 1998 for procuring the services of two boy prostitutes. He went off on bail shortly afterwards. Jump to: navigation, search June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno (mythology), wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... Jump to: navigation, search Traditionally, bail is some form of property deposited or pledged to a court in order to persuade it to release a suspect from jail, on the understanding that the suspect will return for trial or forfeit the bail (skipping bail, or jumping bail, is also illegal). ...

The boys that he killed were taken off the street. Each boy, taken to his house and drugged by a sedative. Iqbal asked each boy about his life and jotted down notes on what the boys were like. Iqbal then raped each boy and then slowly strangled each boy with an iron chain after that. He then cut the body of each boy into pieces and put the pieces in a vat filled with acid. Once all of the remains were liquified, he dumped them. He first used the sewer, until neighbors complained of an acrid stench. He then decided to use the Ravi River. The partially liquified remains of two boys, one of whom was named Ijaz, were the only ones found of the 100 boys that Iqbal killed. They were kept in an acid drum that Iqbal left open outside of his house, as evidence of his crime. Jump to: navigation, search (often represented by the generic formula AH) is typically a water-soluble, sour-tasting chemical compound. ... Sewers transport wastewater from buildings to treatment facilities. ... The Ravi originates near the Rotang pass in the Kangra Himalayas and follows a north-westerly course. ...

Iqbal kept clothing and shoes as trophies of his crimes. When he got to his 50th victim, he started taking pictures of them.

In a confession, he said "it cost me 120 rupees (about $2.40 United States dollars) to erase each victim." The Rupee (₨ or Rs. ... Jump to: navigation, search USD redirects here. ...

He sent information about his crimes to Islamabad-based Daily Jang, the most circulated Urdu newspaper in Pakistan. He surrendered on December 30, 1998 after he walked into the police headquarters. Jump to: navigation, search Islamabad (Urdu: ‏اسلام آباد, population 810,000) is the capital city of Pakistan, located in the north-east of the country. ... The Daily Jang () is the largest Urdu language newspaper of the world, published by the Jang Group simultaneously from Pakistans main cities, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Multan, as well as from London (UK) as well for circulation throughout Europe. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Nobody had noticed that the boys that Iqbal killed had disappeared. Iqbal claimed that he could have killed 500 if he had wanted to. He reportedly said "I am Javed Iqbal, killer of 100 children... I hate this world, I am not ashamed of my action and I am ready to die. I have no regrets. I killed 100 children."

Iqbal was sentenced death by hanging, though the judge said he would like the punishment to be for Iqbal to be strangled 100 times, then cut into 100 pieces and put in acid. Hanging is a form of execution, or a method for suicide. ... Asphyxia is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body. ...

Before this sentence could be carried out, he was found strangled with his bed sheets while in his prison cell on October 7, 2001. One of his accomplices, Sajid, was also strangled. Pakistani authorities say that the men committed suicide. A double bed A bed is a piece of furniture or location primarily used or intended for sleeping upon, but also commonly used for sexual activities, and for relaxing, sitting and reading. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ...

Most people in Pakistan believe that the men were murdered. Autopsy results show that the two men were bleeding from the nose and mouth when they died. The results show that Sajid was beaten, and that several partially healed wounds inflicted by a blunt object were found on Javed's body. Prison guard Iftikar Husain reported that "I was asleep when the incident took place." An autopsy (also known as a post-mortem examination, necropsy or obduction) is a medical procedure that consists of a thorough examination performed on a corpse after death, to evaluate disease or injury that may be present and to determine the cause and manner of a persons death. ...

Prison official Abdussattar Ajiz said that on October 7, Iftikar Husain didn't report the incident to his bosses immediately, and instead "untied the knots of the bed sheets, laid the bodies on the floor to create the impression that they were asleep. He did so to save his own skin." Liaquat Ali, Husain's relief, didn't check on the prisoners, who were found dead the next morning. Jump to: navigation, search October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ...

At the time of writing the Crimelibrary article, the case was still under investigation.

External links

• Crime Library information on Iqbal
• Rotten.com Information on Javed Iqbal

The case will remain open because it is believed that the Javed Iqbal was not alone responsible for all these victoms and how its possible that both these killers commit suicide at the same time so there is some one else who doesnot want to come into the day light and common view in Lahore Pakistan is that the this person should sell the body parts of the kids and there are more people involved in this game but no one is taking any action on that with his death the chapter is closed until next time when another serial killer arise.