SHO gets show-cause notice in clash case

An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, presided over by Judge Amjad Ali Shah, issued a show-cause notice to the SHO of Murree police station for failing to present the case record in a hearing related to an armed clash between two groups in Murree.

The court ordered the SHO to appear in person with the case file and a response to the notice by 8am on Saturday, July 12.

The clash involved 23 arrested suspects, all shopkeepers, whose bail applications are pending. Despite reconciliation between the two groups, the police failed to present the case record during court hours.

Murree police also arrested a new suspect, Shafqat Abbasi, in connection with the same incident involving gunfire and property damage.

He was presented before the court, which granted a four-day physical remand and ordered his reappearance on July 15. Separately, Attock police arrested a TLP activist, Tahir, declared a fugitive in connection with a 2021 protest.

He was produced before the anti-terrorism court, which granted a two-day physical remand and ordered police to present him again on Saturday, July 12.