HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court has directed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh to depute a focal person to assist the court as to why two different policies are being pursued for Karachi and the rest of Sindh regarding posting of SP (investigation) in different districts.

A single bench of Justice Salahuddin Panhwar passed the order on Monday while hearing different bail applications.

As the judge directed SP (investigation) of Shaheed Benazirabad to appear before the court, DSP of Kazi Ahmed informed him that there was no practice of posting an SP (investigation) in interior of Sindh. The SP (investigation) was posted only in Karachi division, he said.

“It is very strange that two policies are being followed in Sindh as investigation is supervised by SSP in all districts except Karachi division,” the judge said.

He directed the IGP to depute a focal person not below the rank of AIGP to assist the court on next date of hearing and submit an explanation about the reasons behind discriminating against other districts of the province by depriving them of an SP level officer to supervise investigation when such was the practice in Karachi.

In case the focal person did not appear, the court ordered, IGP Sindh would appear in person. The copy of the order be communicated to IGP for compliance, it said.

The court noted that applicants Allah Bux, Buxan Khan, son of Ghualm Hyder; Buxan Khan, son of Allah Parto; Sabir and Akhtar, were absent whereas Buxan Khan was in custody, therefore the application for his pre-arrest bail was not pressed as per order dated March 21, 2022.

Published in Dawn, March 30th, 2022