Model Court acquits three murder accused
National
December 19, 2020
HARIPUR: A Model Court here on Friday acquitted three persons accused of murdering their friend in Khalabat Township.
According to Javed Khan Tanoli Advocate, the counsel for the accused, the police had recovered the charred body of Afrasiab Khan, 20, wrapped in a quilt from the graveyard of Sector No 4 Khalabat Township about six years back.
As per the prosecution record, the accused had chopped the body into pieces and set it on fire before burying it at two different places. Waseem Khan, the father of the deceased, had accused two brothers Azam Khan and Ahsan Khan and Muhammad Zubair of murdering of his son.
22 policemen freed on bail
National
December 11, 2020
SUKKUR: The First Additional Sessions Judge Mehar Ghulam Yaseen Kolachi on Thursday granted interim bail to 22 policemen including a DSP, five SIs and others in an FIR for allegedly killing two people in a fake encounter in 2018.
The 22 policemen were released on an interim bail against a surety of Rs50,000 each and directed to join the trial. Back in Sept 2018, police had gunned down two alleged criminals in the Fareedabad Police Station and registered an FIR of police encounter against them. The dead included primary school teacher Abdul Fatah Oghahi and Shahzadi Bhayo. Meanwhile, Saifullah Oaghahi approached the Supreme Court complaining against police for killing two, including his father, in a fake encounter. Under the orders of the apex court, an inquiry led by DSP Mehar Abdul Khaliq Wagan concluded it was indeed a fake encounter in which five innocent people were gunned down in cold blood. Later Judge of Model Court M