ISLAMABAD, June 4: The Supreme Court has summoned a police inspector who allegedly raped a woman and ordered him to appear in person before the court on June 11.
The suo motu action was taken by SC judge Justice Javed Iqbal on the written complaint of Ms Saima Shaukat, a resident of Faisalabad, in which she had alleged that she was kidnapped, illegally detained and raped by Police Inspector Usman Gujjar. Ms Saima gave birth to a daughter as a result of the rape.
The complainant said that she had registered an FIR against the accused and also recorded her statement. She said the accused and his family members had given her an assurance that he would enter into a marriage contract with her, but later they went back on their promises. She alleged that the inspector had refused to take her into his house and also tortured her.
Justice Javed Iqbal apart from summoning the police officer also gave directions to procure the record of the case from the Bahawalpur police station.
In another suo motu case involving a complaint of an Italian lady against her husband, Justice Javed Iqbal gave directions to issue notices to the provincial police officer Punjab to produce the accused Gohar Ajmal Cheema, a resident of Lahore, before the court on June 18.
The concerned SP (Investigations) and SHO Police Station Naulakha, Lahore, have also been directed to appear in person and submit a report regarding the action taken on the criminal case lodged by the complainant.
Justice Javed directed the ministry of interior to place the name of Mr Cheema on the Exit Control List, in view of the complainant’s apprehension that the accused may leave the country.
The complainant, an Italian national, Ms Sartori Tiziana, levelled allegations of fraud, forgery and cheating against her husband Gohar Ajmal Cheema, a Pakistani national, in a written complaint addressed to the Acting Chief Justice, Justice Rana Bhagwandas.
She stated that Mr Cheema had deprived her of a huge sum of money totalling approximately Euro 25,000 through deceit.
She said that she had contracted marriage with the accused, loved him, and provided him shelter in Italy, but later it turned out that he had contracted marriage with her merely to get the Italian nationality.
She alleged that the accused then returned to Pakistan and contracted a second marriage with a Pakistani woman without the complainant’s prior permission as required under the Family Laws of Pakistan. She stated that her husband had ruined her life.
She said that she had filed a suit for recovery of past and future maintenance against her husband which was pending before the Judge of the Family Court in Lahore.
