HYDERABAD:
In the case of alleged extrajudicial killing of a Dadu district based landlord on January 7, the Sindh High Court has put the officers of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the district police of Dadu on notice.
The order has been given in a petition filed by Babur Khan Jamali, brother of the deceased, who challenged the February 17 order of the District and Session Judge Dadu for keeping his application for registration of an FIR against the cops in abeyance, citing an ongoing judicial inquiry.
According to the petitioner, he had also pleaded before the district judge to make the National Commission of Human Rights a part of the investigation so that the high-ranking police officers, who are being cited as accused, cannot influence the probe. He maintained that keeping his application indefinitely shelved will also prevent the NCHR from being taken on board in the inquiry. He apprised the court that Dadu police after murdering his brother in a staged shootout lodged an FIR on the state’s complaint at A-Section police station.
They claimed in the FIR that around 15 armed men led by his slain brother were standing at a square in the Irrigation Colony area and when the police approached them with the instructions to surrender they opened fire, injuring two policemen.
Jamali and his men escaped from the locality at that moment. But, he was later killed in an encounter. The police claimed that ASI Shamsul Haq sustained two gunshots in his legs and constable Shafiq one fire.
The petitioner, however, contended that the police story is a fabricated one and that only an impartial probe can reveal the truth. He urged the SHC to set aside the impugned order of Feb 17 while directing the subordinate court to adjudicate the matter without further ado. He also pleaded the court to order the Dadu district police to register an FIR, nominating the accused police officials, for alleged cold blooded murder of his brother.
