PESHAWAR, July 17: The National Accountability Bureau (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) on Tuesday submitted an inquiry report against a police officer charged with carrying out illegal activities and stated that the bureau had frozen some of his immovable properties in different areas.

A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan and Justice Syed Sajjad Hassan Shah provided copies of the two inquiries, conducted by Peshawar district and sessions judge and NAB respectively, to the police official, Rajab Ali, and directed him to file replies to the allegations against him.

A deputy prosecutor general of NAB, Mohammad Jamil Khan, and an additional deputy prosecutor general, Tariq Javed, presented the inquiry report to the bench stating that the inquiry was conducted on the order of the high court.

Rajab Ali, a former station house officer, had served at different police stations. He was serving at Hayatabad police station when the high court took notice against him in March 2012. Several people had accused him of detaining persons illegally and setting them free after receiving bribes.

He is also accused of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The bench was told that an order was issued by NAB provincial director general Khurshid Alam on July 10 wherein four of the land properties allegedly belonging to Rajab Ali were frozen.

The frozen properties include a 40-marla land at Taxila, 32 kanals and six marlas plot at Chinarabad, one kanal land at Taxila and 15-marla land in Lala Kallay Peshawar.

Advocate Ibrahim Khan appeared for the police official and denied the charges levelled against his client.

About the allegations that the official possessed properties at townships launched by Kohat Development Authority, Peshawar Development Authority, Capital Development Authority and Defence Housing Authority, the report said that the authorities concerned were requested for any property owned by the suspect, however, they declined having plots in the name of the official, his brothers and other family members.

Similarly, the inquiry officers also could not trace out any vehicles on the name of the police official. Furthermore, the charges against the official of being sleeping partner in several rent-a-car centres could also not be proved.

The inquiry also cited three cases of illegal detentions in which persons were detained for many days and were released after receiving huge sum of money from them.

The court had taken notice of the illegal activities of the SHO while hearing a writ petition pertaining to alleged illegal detention and torturing of a fifth grade student by him. The petition was filed by a woman Mamala challenging detention of her son, Iqbal Hussain.

While the petition was pending before the court the detained boy was set free by police.

The student had appeared in person during one of the previous hearings.

He had stated that he was taken into custody by the officials of Hayatabad police station near a checkpoint.

The boy alleged that he was severely tortured in custody that resulted in fracturing of his leg as well as ribs.

Police had expressed ignorance about the occurrence and the concerned officials claimed that he was not kept in detention.