Court acquits Baloch in two more cases
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A local court acquitted on Tuesday Lyari gangster Uzair Baloch and other co-accused in two more cases pertaining to vandalism and attack on police station on the basis of lack of evidence against them.
The South judicial magistrate announced the verdict at the Karachi Central Jail.
Announcing the verdict, the court stated that the witnesses did not identify the accused therefore the accused should be released if they aren't nominated in any other case.
According to police, the two cases against Baloch and others had been registered at Kalakot and Kalri police stations in 2012.
Baloch has been acquitted in 13 cases pertaining to police encounter, attack on police stations and attempted murders in the past month.
Read: Court acquits Uzair Baloch in two cases
Wrong injection case
Separately, the East Judicial Magistrate directed the police to launch an inquiry against all the nominated accused in a case pertaining to the death of an infant allegedly caused by a wrong injection administered at Fatima Hospital.
The directives were issued during a hearing at Karachi City Court.
The court forwarded the case challan submitted by the police to a sessions and district court judge for further legal proceeding and directed the investigation officer to open an inquiry against Fatima Hospital's accused administrative official, Feroze Ali, Medical Superintendent Dr Hussain, and Dr Dilber.
At the last hearing, the police had changed the status of the case to C-class and submitted the case challan, stating that the complainant wanted to refrain from taking further legal action against the hospital.
The complainant, Altaf Hussain, had stated that his wife gave birth to twin babies, a boy and a girl, at Fatima Hospital. The babies had to be vaccinated the next day as per the doctor's instruction but the condition of baby girl deteriorated after the vaccination. However, the doctor sent them home, claiming everything to be alright but the baby never woke up after falling asleep as her mother fed her.
The case against the three accused was registered at Soldier Bazaar Police Station.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 31st, 2021.