HYDERABAD, Jan 8: The additional DPO, Hyderabad, Sharjeel Karim Kharal, and TPO Site, Amir Abbas Shah, have undertaken before a division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, not to harass the employees of Aurangzeb Khan, a transporter and vice president of the Awami National Party.

They, however, denied that they had sealed Aurangzeb’s petrol pump and bus terminus.

Aurangzeb Khan was nominated in a double murder case along with his two sons in an FIR registered by the Gulshan-e-Hali police on Dec 30 after two men — Ismail Gaddi and Haneef Pathan — were gunned down by unidentified armed motorcyclists.

Aurangzeb’s manager, Mohammad Yaseen, had filed a constitutional petition before the court, alleging police harassment and sealing of his petrol pump and bus terminus.

The court had issued notices to the police officials.

The additional DPO, Sharjeel Karim Kharal; the TPO, Site, Amir Abbas Shah; and other police officials attended the court on Wednesday and filed their statements, supported by affidavits.

They stated that they had never harassed the employees of the petitioner and added that any action, if required to be taken, would be in accordance with the law.

They said that a double murder case has been lodged against the petitioner’s employer and police were investigating.

The police officials said that they had never interfered in the petitioner’s business and neither had they sealed the petrol pump or the bus terminus.

The assistant AG, Sindh, Abdul Rasheed, told the court that the police would do everything possible to arrest the actual culprits.

He said that the petition was filed to pressurize police.

He said that the petitioner did not cite his rival party and Regional Transport Authority as respondents in the petition.

The petitioner’s counsel, Umer Deen Qureshi, argued before the court that if his client was involved in a murder case, then why was his business being closed down, and added that under no authority could the police put a ban on the business of the petitioner’s employer.

After being assured by the police, the division bench disposed of the petition.

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