GUJRANWALA, Nov 21: The local Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 on Friday rejected the bail application of former Sialkot jail superintendent here on Friday.

Former jail superintendent Sikander Hayat had pleaded that he was on leave when the incident happened in the Sialkot jail and that he was not aware of the presence of arms in jail.

But the prosecution argued that the former jail superintendent had links with the accused who supplied arms to jail while half a dozen jail officials recorded statement during an investigation against him.

Accepting the prosecution plea, the judge rejected his bail application. The judge also issued a show-cause notice to the Punjab IGP as to why he deployed members of the investigating team on special duties despite hearing of an important case in court.

A similar show-cause notice was issued when the Sialkot Civil Lines SHO informed the judge that members of the investigating team, who had promised to submit the chargesheet in court, could not turn up as they were deployed on special duties by the IGP.

CAUGHT: District administration teams, headed by district and deputy district officers, raided shops in the city, Wazirabad, Naushera Virkan, Kamoki, Gujranwala Sadar and caught about 620 shopkeepers for overcharging and fined them Rs80,000 collectively on Friday.

The Punjab government had given an executive power of magistracy to the district administration for checking hoarding and conducting raids on shops. At this, district officer Najam Ahmad Shah conducted 38 raids on shops in different parts of the city and fined Rs24,200 collectively.

Similarly, Wazirabad DDO Saira Aslam conducted raids on 83 shops and fined Rs10,100, Sadar tehsil DDO Syed Sibte Hassan raided on 51 shops and fined Rs8,100, City tehsil DDO Itazaz Ahmad raided on 120 shops and fined Rs22,300, Kamoki DDO Najeeb Aslam raided on 181 shops and fined Rs4,950 and Naushera Virkan DDO raided on 147 shops and fined Rs11,200.

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