Seized vehicles become junk

OVER 150 vehicles, including cars, trucks and motorcycles, seized by police have become defective after being parked in the compound of the sessions court for the last two years.

According to a recent report, as many as 35 cars, several jeeps, trucks, pick-ups and 115 motorcycles which were seized by the police from different places or recovered from dacoits and robbers had been parked in the compound of the sessions court on the orders of the district judge.

Legal experts said these vehicles could have been auctioned after completing the legal process to dispose them of. But they could not be auctioned and became defective.

It was stated that some vehicles were being used by senior officers of the police and the district administration, which were later taken back from them on the orders of the district and sessions judge.

But there was no proper arrangement to look after these vehicles damaged by the hot and cold weather.

Automobile experts are of the view that a vehicle becomes defective if it remains parked for long under the open sky. They said oiling and cleaning of vehicles were very important for their durability and running. They said if these vehicles were auctioned, the buyers would have taken them at a low price as heavy expenses were required to set them right.

The sessions court sources pointed out that the last auction of seized vehicles was held during the tenure of judge Riazul Hasan Alvi a few years ago. It generated enough revenue.

The sources revealed that the court had ordered auction of these vehicles a few months ago, but the directive has not been implemented so far owing to the reasons best known to responsible officers.

On the other hand, legal experts said unclaimed vehicles could be auctioned within six months under the law after their seizure.