The court of the additional sessions judge in Islamabad reserved its judgment over Monday’s hearing in the blasphemy case against Rimsha Masih.
Senior civil judge Amir Aziz issued an order for the investigation to be conducted by an officer of the superintendent of police (SP) rank.
The Investigating Officer (IO) on the case told the court that the Inspector General of Police (IG) had constituted an investigation team headed by a senior superintendent of police (SSP) and that the case’s investigation had been completed.
The IO asked the court for more time to submit the charge sheet in the case. Rao Abdul Rahim, the counsel for the accuser, reminded the court that the police had already asked for more time to submit the challan and that the court had directed them for an incomplete challan to be submitted during its previous hearing.
Another lawyer for the petitioner told the court that his client Hammad Malik was being threatened by the IG and other officers at the police station.
The lawyer requested the court to restrain the police from harassing his client on a continous basis and also requested for the bail of the blasphemy-accused Christian girl to be cancelled.
The complainant’s counsel alleged that the police had not constituted an investigating team yet and demanded the names of the officers constituting the team to be disclosed.
The prosecutor presented the court with the names of the officers included in the investigating team upon request.
