KARACHI: Warrants out for IO’s arrest in Kazmi case
By A Reporter
KARACHI, March 3: The civil judge and judicial magistrate, central, Khadim Hussain Chand, on Monday issued bailable warrants for the arrest of an investigation officer for not appearing in court despite several legal notices issued to him in a case registered against civil rights campaigner Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi.
The court had issued repeated notices to investigation officer ASI Syed Zulfiqar Ali, directing him to record his statement in a case registered against civil rights campaigner Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi. However, the IO failed to comply with the court order. The judge while issuing bailable arrest warrants directed the police high-ups to produce him in court on the next date of hearing.
The case (FIR 98/2007) was registered against civil rights campaigner Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi on the complaint of Mohammad Iqbal, son of Mohammad Ikram, under Section 406 of the Pakistan Penal Code on Aug 22, 2007.
According to the final charge-sheet submitted in court, Iqbal Kazmi had hired four cars from Mohammad Iqbal, a manager of a private rent-a-car company, for Rs24,000 per month. But the accused neither returned the fourth car nor paid the rent.
On December 14, 2007 Iqbal Kazmi was indicted in the case. He pleaded not guilty and opted to contest the case.
The complainant said that the accused had hired four cars – AGO 338, AJV 994, ATV 885 and ATM 242 from him. He neither paid the rent nor returned the last car (ATM 242).
ASI Zulfiqar Ali, Inspector Shahnawaz Memon, ASI Ali Ghour, Constable Kamal Nasir, Mohammad Iqbal, Javaid Akhtar, Mumtaz, Azeem Akhtar and Sher Khan will record their statements as prosecution witnesses in the case.
The court fixed March 11 as the next date of hearing.
Gulgee’s murder
Judicial Magistrate-X, South, Asif Ahmed sent two accused into jail custody on one day judicial remand in Gulgee’s murder case and directed the investigation officer to submit an interim charge-sheet till Tuesday.
According to the prosecution, Ismail Gulgee and his wife Zareen Gulgee along with their maid Asiya were strangled to death by unidentified men in their house. On December 19, police found the bodies while the driver and a servant had gone missing along with a car belonging to the deceased.
A case (FIR No 490/2007) was registered at Boat Basin police station under Section 302/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
On February 16, a team of the anti-violent crime unit arrested the accused Akram Ali and his associate Anwar from a hotel near cantonment railway station. The team also recovered looted cash, paintings and briefcase of the deceased from the accused.
