the bench that all other information will also be maintained.
The court observed that the presence of officers with tarnished service records will damage the entire effort of improvements in the police department.
The police had booked Inspector Ismail Lashari, Mukhtiar Mangi, Khalid Bhatti and Shabbir Khoso for their alleged involvement in killing of a student, Anis Soomro, by Sohrab Goth and Sachal police in June last year, following an inquiry conducted by the DIG CID.
The court had taken notice over the field posting of the suspended Inspector Ismail Lashari, his brother Ishaque Lashari and SI Shoaib despite several departmental actions against them.
In this regard, the bench directed the Sindh IGP to apprise the court whether officers with stained records be allowed to hold field postings at important stations. Father of the deceased Anis Soomro, Anwar Ali Soomro, had complained of being harassed by the Malir police to withdraw his son’s murder case.
It was alleged that the Malir SSP Rao Anwar had sent three policemen to Anwar Ali Soomro to ask him to withdraw from the case. The court then directed the district and sessions judge South to hold an inquiry into the allegations levelled by the complainant and submit the report within a month.
Malir SSP Rao Anwar appeared before the court and submitted his reply via his counsel Abid S Zuberi denying the complainant’s allegation. The court directed the SSP Anwar to ensure that no harm was case either to the victim’s father or his family.
If anything untoward happened, warned the court, the Malir police would be held responsible. The court also directed him to appear before the district and sessions judge for district South on March 3 to record his record denial of the complainant’s allegations and initiate inquiry of the matter.
The bench also transferred the investigation officer, from Sachal police station, and appointed SSP East Pir Mohammad Shah to supervise the investigation and submit the charge-sheet in accordance with the law.