LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday acquitted a retired army officer and his son in a case of killing a police constable in Model Town during a search operation ahead of the May 25 long march of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).

Announcing a verdict reserved on Saturday last, Presiding Judge Ijaz Buttar acquitted retired Maj Akrama Bokhari and his son Hussain after the prosecution failed to establish its charges against them.

Advocate Farhad Ali Shah represented the accused persons before the trial court and argued that police failed to produce any evidence against his clients. He said the prosecution presented its 15 witnesses but none of them gave any statement against the accused persons.

The counsel said no evidence was available on record to prove that the constable was killed by the accused. He asked the court to acquit the accused persons.

A police team had on May 24 raided Model Town home of the accused, who are workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), when they allegedly opened fire leading to instant death of constable Kamal.

Published in Dawn, November 11th, 2022