Debating jurisdictions: Pakistan Navy files application to try case in military court
Police arrest Pakistan Naval intelligence's official on charges of kidnapping.
The Navy official, Dilpazeer Akhtar, has been booked on charges of kidnapping for ransom. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
The Anti-Terrorism Court issued notices to the deputy district public prosecutor and police officials on Friday to present their arguments on whether the special court or military court should hold trail for an official of the Pakistan Naval intelligence.
The Navy official, Dilpazeer Akhtar, has been booked on charges of kidnapping for ransom. A prominent fisheries trader, Abdul Khaliq, was abducted by a group of five unidentified people near the Creek Club in the Defence Housing Authority, Karachi on August 24.
The court issued notices after officials of the Pakistan Navy filed two applications seeking trial of Akhtar in a military court while also requesting that the suspect may not be produced before any other court until the court decides the first application. In the written application submitted before judge Saleem Raza of the ATC-III, the Navy officials stated that according to the military law, the suspects belonging to the armed forces are tried only in the military courts and awarded sentence according to the military law.
In the second application, the officials submitted that the suspect may not be produced before any other court until the first application was decided.
Following the applications, the court issued notices to the deputy district public prosecutor and the investigating officer to present their arguments over the applications on September 3.
Meanwhile, the investigating officer of the case requested the court for remand of the suspect but the judge turned down the request, saying that remand of suspects couldn't be given in their absence.
Ransom collection
According to the police, the family of the trader, Abdul Khaliq, received a ransom call of Rs5 million a day after the kidnapping. The kidnappers, however, agreed to take the amount in two installments.
The police and officials of the Citizens Police Liaison Committee went with the family to pay the first installment of Rs2 million. Dilpazeer Akhtar was arrested while the others managed to escape. A card from the suspect's possession reportedly revealed that he was an official of the naval intelligence. The police later found Khaliq from the naval headquarters adjacent to the Sindh Chief Minister House.
Three cases have been registered against Akhtar and others at the Boat Basin police station.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 31st, 2013.
The Anti-Terrorism Court issued notices to the deputy district public prosecutor and police officials on Friday to present their arguments on whether the special court or military court should hold trail for an official of the Pakistan Naval intelligence.
The Navy official, Dilpazeer Akhtar, has been booked on charges of kidnapping for ransom. A prominent fisheries trader, Abdul Khaliq, was abducted by a group of five unidentified people near the Creek Club in the Defence Housing Authority, Karachi on August 24.
The court issued notices after officials of the Pakistan Navy filed two applications seeking trial of Akhtar in a military court while also requesting that the suspect may not be produced before any other court until the court decides the first application. In the written application submitted before judge Saleem Raza of the ATC-III, the Navy officials stated that according to the military law, the suspects belonging to the armed forces are tried only in the military courts and awarded sentence according to the military law.
In the second application, the officials submitted that the suspect may not be produced before any other court until the first application was decided.
Following the applications, the court issued notices to the deputy district public prosecutor and the investigating officer to present their arguments over the applications on September 3.
Meanwhile, the investigating officer of the case requested the court for remand of the suspect but the judge turned down the request, saying that remand of suspects couldn't be given in their absence.
Ransom collection
According to the police, the family of the trader, Abdul Khaliq, received a ransom call of Rs5 million a day after the kidnapping. The kidnappers, however, agreed to take the amount in two installments.
The police and officials of the Citizens Police Liaison Committee went with the family to pay the first installment of Rs2 million. Dilpazeer Akhtar was arrested while the others managed to escape. A card from the suspect's possession reportedly revealed that he was an official of the naval intelligence. The police later found Khaliq from the naval headquarters adjacent to the Sindh Chief Minister House.
Three cases have been registered against Akhtar and others at the Boat Basin police station.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 31st, 2013.