KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking whereabouts of two brothers, who were allegedly taken away by personnel of law enforcement agencies on June 14.

A two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Iqbal Kalhoro observed that the possibility of both brothers’ disappearance on their own could not be ruled out as according to police they were dismissed from police service due to involvement in criminal activities and their cell phones were also working.

Ghulam Mustafa petitioned the SHC stating that his two brothers — Ghulam Murtaza Bullo and Mohammad Ashraf Bullo — were picked up by the law enforcement agencies on June 14 from a Malir locality.

Expressing the apprehension about their lives, he stated that their whereabouts were still unknown and pleaded for their recovery.

The Malir SSP, who is cited as one of the respondents in the petition, filed comments stating that both the alleged detainees were former police constables and had been dismissed from service on misconduct and involvement in criminal activities.

He said that they had a criminal record since 1996 and were nominated in several FIRs registered at different police stations of the city.

The SSP submitted that their cellular data record showed that their mobile phones were being constantly used.

Published in Dawn, July 27th, 2022