KARACHI, May 23: An anti-terrorism court on Friday indicted a man and his son for the murder of a 21-year-old man and adjourned the hearing of the case till May 31.
However, the accused, Abu Alkalam, and Abdul Razzaq, pleaded not guilty and opted to contest the case. The judge, Abdul Ghafoor Memon, of the ATC-III, who is conducting the trial, summoned prosecution witnesses and directed them to testify on the next date of hearing.
According to the prosecution, the police found the body of a young man on February 14 near the Premier College from the limits of the North Nazimabad police station. The police registered an FIR on behalf of the state.
On Feb 15, the deceased was identified as Kamal, 21, son of Abdul Haq. After initial investigations, however, the police on Feb 16 arrested the accused.
The investigation officer, Hatim Khan Marwat, stated in the charge-sheet that the deceased, Kamal, was said to be fond of the daughter of Abu Alkalam and wanted to marry her. However, the girl’s family opposed the matrimonial alliance which led to many disputes between both the families.
On Feb 13 the accused along with his son, Abdul Razzaq, and a relative, Mahjil Hussail, killed Kamal and dumped the body near Premier College, said the prosecution.
The police registered a case (FIR No81/08) under Section 302/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code read with Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. Mahjil Hussain has been declared absconder in the case.
Show-cause reissued
The civil judge and judicial magistrate, Central, Sohail Ahmed, re-issued a show-cause to the investigation officer in a case against three policemen who had allegedly opened fire on two motorcyclists, directing him to submit a charge-sheet by May 31.
According to the prosecution, the police constables, Mohammad Imran, Arif Hussain and Salman Farsi, had allegedly opened fire on Zubair Khan and Mohammad Saqib on March 21 near Sakhi Hasan, North Nazimabad.
Both the youngsters were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, but Zubair succumbed to his wounds while Saqib was admitted to the hospital in a critical situation.
Earlier, the court had issued around seven show-cause notices to the IO and had also directed the SSP (investigation) of the police’s west zone to ask the IO to submit a charge-sheet. However, they failed to comply with the court’s orders.
A case (FIR No 164/08) was registered under Sections 302, 324/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code at the Taimuria police station against the policemen.
Bank defaulter case
The civil judge and judicial magistrate-III, Central, Khushi Mohammad, directed the investigation officer in a case pertaining to the death of an alleged bank defaulter to submit a charge-sheet by May 26.
According to the prosecution, Mohammad Tufail Shah, 26, who had defaulted on a loan, committed suicide on April 27 by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his house in New Karachi. Earlier that day, a loan recovery team had visited Tufail’s house and had reportedly misbehaved with his mother and sister, which caused the alleged defaulter immense stress and depression.
The police arrested the suspect, Sheikh Mohammad Atif, on May 2. A case (FIR No 87/08) under Sections 322, 316, 504 and 506 of the Pakistan Penal Code was registered at the New Karachi police station on the complaint of the deceased’s mother.
Fines imposed
The special judge of the federal anti-corruption and emigration, Central, Shaukat Ali Memon, imposed a fine of Rs4,000 each on 18 accused after finding them guilty of travelling to Muscat using illegal means.
The authorities in Muscat had deported 18 Pakistan nationals for staying there without valid documents and the FIA anti-human trafficking circle had detained them upon their arrival at the Karachi airport and had registered a case under Section 17 (1) of the Emigration Ordinance.
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