KARACHI: An anti-corruption court dismissed on Saturday the bail applications of two suspects in a graft case.

Assistant Sub-Inspector Mustafa Rajpar of the Taimuria police station and Civil Hospital Karachi technician Shakeel Masih were allegedly caught red-handed by an anti-corruption police team while receiving bribes for issuing a favourable medical report and registration of a counterfeit case.

The suspects had moved the applications through their counsel, and after hearing arguments from both sides the judge of the special the anti-corruption court, Karachi, Gulshan Ara Chandio, dismissed the applications.

Sub-Inspector Abdul Razzaq and medico-legal officer of the CHK Dr Zaryab were also nominated in the FIR and they are on interim pre-arrest bail.

Published in Dawn, Aug 10th, 2014

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