Lawyers, cops face off at courts

Police wanted to arrest the suspect from court’s premises

DERA GHAZI KHAN: A scuffle took place between lawyers and police in the vicinity of courts in Dera Ghazi Khan on Wednesday.

District Bar Association President Ahsan Karim Meerani told The Express Tribune the Kot Mubarak police had detained a suspect Moosa Haiderani Khosa illegally in the lock up. He added the court bailiff raided the police station and recovered the man.

He maintained Moosa was produced before the court which ordered his release. However, he said, “When Moosa came out of the court room along with his lawyers, the Sub-Inspector Allah Dewaya and others tried to arrest him again in another case in the premises of the court.”

Meerani pointed out, “The lawyers told the police that they could not arrest anyone in the premises of the courts. However, the police did not listen and used force to nab the man.”

He said in the meantime other lawyers also gathered at the spot and a scuffle broke out. He added in protest against the maltreatment meted out by the police, the legal fraternity announced to boycott court proceedings.

He said after the intervention of the higher police officials and senior lawyers, the matter was resolved. Later, the responsible policemen were suspended for misbehaving with lawyers in the courts premises.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, July 6^th, 2017.