LAHORE: Punjab Additional Inspector General (AIG) Investigation Malik Abu Bakar Khuda Bakhsh was removed from his post after differences with Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Captain (r) Arif Nawaz over the former’s recommendation of including section 311 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against the cops involved in the alleged extrajudicial killing of a young man in Kasur, according to a report by a private media outlet.
The Section 311 of PPC empowers a court to punish an offender against whom right of qisas is waived.
Arif Nawaz had referred the case in January this year to the Punjab investigation branch after it transpired that Mudassar was allegedly killed in a staged encounter in Iman Fatima rape case in Kasur.
A 21-year-old powerloom worker, Mudassar was taken into custody by the Kasur police on Feb 25, 2017, the same day after the five-year-old girl was raped and killed.
Khuda Bakhsh had recommended stern action against the policemen responsible for the extrajudicial killing of Mudassar.
On finding the report by Khuda Bakhsh, the IGP sought an opinion from some other senior police officers who opposed it.
After IGP Arif Nawaz and Khuda Bakhsh reportedly got into an argument over the harsher punishment for accused police officials, the IGP recommended Punjab Chief Minister (CM) to transfer Khuda Buksh and a late night notification was released confirming the same.
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