- SSP South Chaudhry Asad, SP Major Saleem, SP Sadar and SP City among those suspended for mayhem outside SHC during Zulfiqar Mirza’s appearance
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday suspended four police personnel after reviewing the report submitted by chief secretary in a contempt of court case.
The hearing was conducted by division bench comprising of Justice Sajjad Ali and Justice Nasiruddin in the Sindh High Court (SHC), during which the Chief Secretary Saddiq Memon submitted a report on the issue.
The court after hearing the arguments suspended Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) South Chaudhry Asad, SP Major Saleem, SP Sadar and SP City.
Moreover, the judges have directed that a committee be formed under the supervision of Subhan Memon to inspect the incident.
Earlier, the hearing was conducted by division bench comprising of Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Nasiruddin in Sindh High Court (SHC) during which Sindh IG and all other officers submitted their affidavits in the court.
Zulfiqar Mirza’s lawyer objected that former Senior Superintendant Police (SSP) South Tariq Dharejo has not submitted his affidavit, on which the court was told that the former SSP is not in Pakistan and has gone abroad.
Sindh advocate general (AG) told the court that he saw the incident on TV and was surprised to see police performance during it. He said that Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Qaim Ali Shah wanted to take action against the incident but could not due to the court’s proceedings.
The AG also stated in the court that Major Saleem was leading masked officials in plain clothes.
On the other hand, Major Saleem stated that action was not taken against Zulfiqar Mirza as armed men accompanied him, two of which belonged to FATA, whereas if action was taken anywhere else then the armed men would have opened fire on them.
The Sindh AG argued that police carried the action outside court’s limits on which Justice Sajjad Ali Shah expressed displeasure and said that the action was within the jurisdiction of the court.
