LAHORE, July 10: A three-member full bench of the Supreme Court on Monday gave four days to the Sialkot DPO to recover the kidnapped boy, Bashir, and to produce him before the court on July 14.

The court directed the Punjab IG to take a strict action against the DPO if he failed to recover the citizen. A departmental action would also be taken against him.

The court had earlier given the DPO a chance to produce the abductee, but he failed to comply with the order.

The court passed the order in a suo moto proceeding on a letter of Memona Bashir for the recovery of her husband, Bashir Khan.

Memona Bashir had appeared before the court and stated that her husband was abducted on March 17 after returning from Saudi Arabia.

On the other hand, IG Zialul Hasan, the Sialkot DPO and other officers had appeared before the court on the last hearing and sought time to recover the abductee.—APP