The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday sought comments from Sindh’s Director General of Rangers and Inspector General of Police on the petitions seeking whereabouts of missing persons.
The SHC bench, headed by Justice Irfan Saadat, was hearing the petitions filed for the recovery of missing men Syed Amir Ali, Muhammad Esa Ali, Zulfiqar Ali and Muhammad Naeem.
Syed Tahir Ali, the brother of missing Amir, submitted that his brother was a Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s servant and was picked up by the Rangers personnel from a tea cafe on August 10. The petitioner added that the whereabouts of his brother has not been disclosed since then.
Eshrat Parveen, sister of missing Esa, informed the court that her brother was an employee of health department. He came home from his office to have lunch on July 29 where the policemen reached and whisked him away and he has been missing since then, she added.
Separately, Ghazala Ali, wife of missing Zulfiqar, submitted in her petition that her husband was picked by the law enforcers on August 11 and the family members were not being informed about his whereabouts since then.
In another petition, Suleman submitted that his son, Naeem had been picked up by the Rangers personnel from his farmhouse on August 6. “The whereabouts of my son are still unknown since the day of his arrest,” the aged petitioner added.
The petitioners alleged that their relatives are in the custody of law enforcers but they are not disclosing it.
Citing Sindh Rangers DG, Sindh IGP and home secretary as the respondents, the petitioners prayed the court to direct the respondents to produce the detainees before the court.
After the initial hearing, the court issued notices to deputy attorney general, Sindh advocate general and respondents to file their comments in the next hearing.
