Court: Orders to arrest top KESC boss

KARACHI: District and Sessions Judge, Malir, Syed Kausar Bokhari has ordered issuance of non-bailable arrest warrants for Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) CEO Tabish Gauhar on charges of unintentional murder.

The judge ordered the Malir Cantonment SHO to arrest Gauhar and present him in court on February 17.

According to the prosecution, the negligence of the higher KESC officials, including Gauhar, caused the death of a 17-year-old boy, Fahadur Rehman, in Malir Cantonment. Residents had complained of snapped wires that had fallen on the ground and were posing a serious threat, however, KESC officials had allegedly ignored the complaints. Rehman was electrocuted by these same wires and the family blamed the negligent officials for his death. The police had filed a challan and had nominated Gauhar as an ‘absconder’. Meanwhile, the other three KESC officials, including two general managers and an area manager, have acquired bail-before-arrest approved by the court.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 28^th,  2011.