KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday expressed its severe annoyance over the police for its lethargic attitude in missing person cases, observing that police officials are making fun of the courts.
Justice Aftab Ahmed Gorar, one of the members of the bench hearing bunch of petitions filed for the recovery of several missing persons, remarked similar type of comments is submitted before the court with slight amendments in every single case.
The court was informed by the father, himself a lawyer, of a missing person that his son is missing for last five years, fearing that his son was murdered in a fake encounter by a police team led by former SSP Malir Rao Anwar.
The investigating officer told the judges that letters had been written to all concerned institutions to trace the missing son of the petitioner but when the court asked him to submit the copies of same letters he replied, “I forgot to bring these letters today.”
Putting off the matter till April 26, the court sought progress report from all concerned departments.