Missing persons’ case: SC orders police to trace disappeared people from capital
Police, intelligence agencies are alleged to be involved.
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court has directed police in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to make a concerted effort for the recovery of missing persons who disappeared from the twin cities.
A three-member bench headed by Justice Javed Iqbal heard the cases of Dr Ayesha and Mohammad Adnan. Dr Ayesha disappeared from Rawalpindi whereas Adnan went missing from Islamabad.
During the hearing, Dr Fatima, Dr Ayesha’s sister informed the court that an officer of a secret agency was involved in her disappearance. She requested the court to summon him for questioning.
The counsel for Adnan’s mother, Akram Chaudhary submitted that he was taken to Waziristan by force. He alleged that Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Islamabad Police Bani Amin was involved in the whole process and he knew about the culprits.
Amin claimed that both the missing persons were activists of Tehrik-e-Islamia, an outlawed organisation. He said that Adnan’s mother, Zahida is an important activist of Tehrik-e-Islamia who motivated people to go for ‘jihad’ to Waziristan. Her son volunteered for ‘jihad’ against his mother’s wishes. He is involved in 11 out of 22 bomb blasts in the capital. The DIG claimed that his own brother-in-law had been abducted.
He claimed that Shakeel Turabi, a journalist, lied to the chief justice that his son Hassan Sharjeel had gone missing. It was later discovered that Sharjeel was a terrorist commander. He escaped to Waziristan after the suicide attack in cantonment.
On the court’s directive, he was traced after 10 months and a meeting was arranged between his mother and him in Waziristan. The court appreciated DIG Bin Yamin for his investigation and asked him to do his best to trace missing persons. The court adjourned the hearing for two weeks.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2011.
The Supreme Court has directed police in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to make a concerted effort for the recovery of missing persons who disappeared from the twin cities.
A three-member bench headed by Justice Javed Iqbal heard the cases of Dr Ayesha and Mohammad Adnan. Dr Ayesha disappeared from Rawalpindi whereas Adnan went missing from Islamabad.
During the hearing, Dr Fatima, Dr Ayesha’s sister informed the court that an officer of a secret agency was involved in her disappearance. She requested the court to summon him for questioning.
The counsel for Adnan’s mother, Akram Chaudhary submitted that he was taken to Waziristan by force. He alleged that Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Islamabad Police Bani Amin was involved in the whole process and he knew about the culprits.
Amin claimed that both the missing persons were activists of Tehrik-e-Islamia, an outlawed organisation. He said that Adnan’s mother, Zahida is an important activist of Tehrik-e-Islamia who motivated people to go for ‘jihad’ to Waziristan. Her son volunteered for ‘jihad’ against his mother’s wishes. He is involved in 11 out of 22 bomb blasts in the capital. The DIG claimed that his own brother-in-law had been abducted.
He claimed that Shakeel Turabi, a journalist, lied to the chief justice that his son Hassan Sharjeel had gone missing. It was later discovered that Sharjeel was a terrorist commander. He escaped to Waziristan after the suicide attack in cantonment.
On the court’s directive, he was traced after 10 months and a meeting was arranged between his mother and him in Waziristan. The court appreciated DIG Bin Yamin for his investigation and asked him to do his best to trace missing persons. The court adjourned the hearing for two weeks.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2011.