‘Officials involved in case cannot investigate it’

Defence demands inquiry by police officers from other district

KARACHI:

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has sought an explanation from the DIG West and other police officers over the investigation of under training DSP Umair Tariq Bajari in the matter of alleged police robbery within the Pirabad police station boundaries.

Advocate Aamir argued in the High Court that West Police are directly involved in the matter, and the same officers are also investigating the issue. "How can the officials involved in the case investigate it?," he said

SSP West had received information about the raid from the former SSP South. SHO Pirabad handed over the case property to SHO Defence. Although it was against the law, they should nevertheless have registered the case and money should have been deposited in the case property to strengthen the case. Why is the case being investigated by those who hid the relevant facts? These people were all already well-informed.

The court has been urged that this case should be investigated by reputed police officers of another district.

The court postponed the hearing to December 4 while ordering to submit written responses from each of the concerned officers.

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Suspects remanded to judicial custody

The Judicial Magistrate West has ordered to send the five suspects, arrested in the case of police robbery at the house of a businessman in Orangi Town, to jail on judicial remand and allowed the investigating officer to take the pin code to unlock under training DSP Umair Tariq Bijari's mobile phone.

The Judicial Magistrate West in Karachi City Court heard the case of police robbery in the businessman's house in Orangi Town.

The police produced three accused Mehfooz, Abdul Sattar, and Izhar before the magistrate. Two accused Sohail and Shahrukh, arrested last night, were also produced in the court. All the accused were brought to the court with their faces covered.

The investigating officer filed an application for an identification parade of the accused. The court inquired from the defence lawyers if they objected to the identity parade. The lawyers stated, "No, we have no objection."

Published in The Express Tribune, November 30^th, 2023.