LARKANA, Oct 11: The Sindh High Court, circuit bench, Larkana, on Thursday released five persons detained illegally at Madeji police station,Shikarpur, and allowed the petitioner to file another petition for legal remedy.
Abdul Rehman Mangrio, a resident of Madeji, had filed a petition alleging that SHO Madeji had picked up his brothers—Waleed, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammed Ismael and Muhammed Ibrahim — from the shop while they were preparing to set out for Karachi.
Police whisked them away in mobiles and sneaked into their house on the charges that some outlaws had taken shelter there.
On this pretext they searched the house and took away jewellry, colour TV, VCR and snatched a cash of Rs 25000. The petitioner approached the SHO who demanded Rs 40,000 for the release of his brothers which he (petitioner) turned down and moved the court for remedy. Advocate Inayatullah Morio who pleaded the case told this scribe that following the instructions of High Court; Altaf Chandio deputy registrar (raid commissioner) raided the police station, searched the police lock-up and quarters and found five persons —- Ghulam Mustafa, Waleed, Muhammed Ismael, Muhammed Ibrahim and Gulab Mangi — kept at the police station.
The ASI in charge Imran Bhatti failed to produce any valid document to confirm the arrest of five persons.
The ASI on Thursday appeared before the High Court while the SHO did not turn up and only sent his medical certificate.
All the five persons were released. The petitioner did not press the case and prayed he would proceed for legal remedy and file separate petition for the alleged robbery by the police from his house. Mr Justice Zahid Kurban Alvi later disposed of the petition.
HI ACTIVISTS: The activists of the Hamdard Ittehad (HI), a social welfare organization, the other day sat on a hunger strike to protest against the private hospitals and private practice by surgeons and other doctors at the cost of poor patients in government hospitals.
The protestors were of the view that the surgeons, physicians, and doctors drew regular salaries, allowances, and all other facilities from the government hospitals.
However, attending to patients in government hospitals was only an eyewash as they concentrated more on attending to those at their private clinics and hospitals.
They also accused doctors of advising patients to visit their private clinics for better treatment and diagnosis.
DOCTORS BOYCOTT: Responding to the call of Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Larkana, doctors boycotted OPD assignments in the taluka hospitals on Monday protesting against the murder of Dr Ubedullah Kakepto, the medical superintendent of taluka hospital Ratodero.
Unidentified culprits killed the doctor a couple of days ago in Karachi.
Protest meetings were held against the murder in the taluka hospitals and doctors in the city hospital observed two hours strike, said Dr Ikram Tunio, president of the PMA Larkana.
Office bearers of the PMA in their speeches demanded the early arrest of the killers.