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KARACHI, June 30: Judge Haq Nawaz of the ATC-5 put off on Monday the hearing of a case pertaining to the killing of a constable after four prosecution witnesses recorded their statements.
Kashif Aziz alias Kashif Mota and Mohammed Zahir are facing the charge of killing the constable, Mehboob Ali, and injuring a sub-inspector, Abdur Rauf, and a head constable, Mohammed Rafique, on January 13 this year in the compound of the Saudabad police station.
The judge fixed Wednesday for the next hearing. The prosecution witnesses whose statements were recorded are constable Shah Hussain, judicial magistrate Naveed Hussain Kulachi, MLO Dr Preetum Jisrani and the injured SI, Abdur Rauf.
According to the prosecution, a Saudabad police party had spotted five suspects in a stolen car (AAB-588) which was intercepted. The suspects, along with the vehicle, were brought to the police station.
As the suspects stepped out of the car, one of them hurled a firecracker. Then the suspects snatched a sub-machinegun from a constable and opened fire killing the constable, Mehboob Ali instantly and injuring two other policemen before fleeing the scene.
Later, on April 3, the Orangi Town police arrested two of the accused, Kashif and Zahir, who were handed over to the Saudabad police for investigation and interrogation.
The special public prosecutor, Syed Nadeem Hussain Shah, has examined 13 prosecution witnesses so far.
Zahid Rohila and Khawaja Sharful Islam, defence counsel for accused Kashif and Zahir respectively, cross-examined the prosecution witnesses.
CHARGE FRAMED: Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of ATC-5 indicted chief of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, Akram Lahori and three others in a murder case.
Lahori and his alleged accomplices, Mohammed Azam, Ataullah and Malik Tassaduq, have been charged with the killing of a security guard, Mohammed Nazeer, at the Mehfil-i-Zainub imambargah in Rizvia Society on April 7, 2002. The four accused have pleaded not guilty.
The judge put off the hearing till Tuesday and issued notice to the prosecution to produce witnesses against the accused.
ACQUITTED: The special anti-narcotics court, headed by Judge Ali Nawaz Pirzada, acquitted a constable, Zubair Afridi, as the prosecution could not prove its charges against him.
Afridi, who was represented by Ms Shazia Hakim in the drugs case, was arrested on July 20, 2002 by the Boat Basin police, who had claimed of having recovered three kilograms of charas from his house.
