LAHORE, Sept 3: Mr Justice M.A.Shahid Siddiqi of the Lahore High Court has sought a report on the Okara military farms incident from the superintendent of the police.

The judge sought the report while disposing of a writ petition filed by Lucus Masih for exhuming the body of his cousin Salman Masih allegedly killed as a result of firing by the Rangers and police on the tenants on the Okara military farms on Aug 24. He submitted that deceased Salman had been buried by the Rangers without a postmortem, which was necessary to determine the cause of his death.

The judge directed the petitioner to approach the area magistrate for ordering exhumation of the body of deceased Salman Masih for postmortem.

Checkup ordered: A division bench of the Lahore High Court comprising Mr Justice M.Javed Buttar and Mr Justice Abdul Shakoor Piracha has ordered medical examination of a person detained in an armed encounter case.

The judges issued the order disposing of an inter-court appeal of accused Asghar Ali lodged in the Kot Lakhpat Jail. Counsel M.D.Tahir contended that Gulshan-i-Ravi police had arrested the insane petitioner along with other people and recovered a pistol and four live cartridges from him after a shootout only to show its performance.

ORDER TO DPO: Mr Justice M.Javed Buttar of the Lahore High Court has directed the District Police Officer to restrain his subordinates from harassing a hotel employee.