The Sindh additional inspector general on Thursday told the apex court that more than 12,000 personnel were recruited illegally in police department from 2012 to 2015.
A five-member bench of the court headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali held hearing of the Karachi unrest case. The inquiry committee filed a report regarding illegal recruitments and financial corruption in Sindh police.
While advancing his arguments, Sindh IG’s counsel Farooq H Naik said the bench was partial in the trial. The inspector general said that Justice Amir Hani Muslim was in contact with the inquiry committee. His respect was not taken into account under Article 14 of the Constitution, he added.
Justice Amir Hani Muslim replied that the bench was dealing with the case on merit. “If the party has reservations over his decisions or behaviour, he may file a review appeal,” he added.
However, he said he would not step down as part of the bench hearing Karachi unrest case. On the other hand, the inquiry committee filed a report regarding illegal recruitment and corruption in Sindh police. Sources said the report made several key revelations that stunned the court.
According to the report, 99 per cent of funds were illegally issued in cash for different investigation in various cases. Counter-Terrorism Department’s (CTD) Additional Inspector General Sanaullah Abbasi stated in the report that Matiari police were issued Rs 500 million, Kashmore police Rs 33.1 million, Mithi police Rs 4.9 million while special branch was given at least Rs 5 million in a short span of time. In 2014 and 2015, illegal recruitments for constable and junior clerk were made in Sindh police while 913 persons were employed for 794 vacancies in 2012.
The highest number of illegal employees was reported from Sukkur. Upon questioning, the CTD’s additional inspector general said that DIG Mazhar Shah, SSP Aitzaz Goraya and Inspector Aslam Langa were responsible for illegal recruitments. The Sindh police inspector general said he had taken action against illegal recruitments and dismissed the people who did not come true on merit.
On court’s question about those officials who employed the wrong people, the inspector general said that he issued show-cause notices to some of them. Justice Muslim denied handing over copy of the report on illegal recruitments to the inspector general saying that it was not an order but a report. Earlier on March 8, the court had rejected the IG‘s second consecutive report in the case.
The report had stated that around 159 target killing incidents surfaced in 2015 in the provincial capital while 83 cases were registered. At least 53 criminals were arrested, 15 killed and the personnel tracked down criminals in 25 cases. However, the Supreme Court again rejected the report terming it unsatisfactory.
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