Police reports on lawyers’ killings not satisfactory: SC

Karachi
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over reports submitted by police officials on a suo moto case regarding arrests of lawyers’ target killers.
A two member bench of the SC, headed by Justice Amir Hani Muslim, observed that submission of such reports was an attempt at getting the cases disposed off for want of evidence, however, this still does not absolve the police of the responsibility to solve the case.
The court observed that investigation officers were not making efforts to apprehend culprits involved in killings of lawyers across the province.
The concerned SSPs were informed that cases disposed off in A class had been reopened and would only be closed until they were decided.
The SC had taken a suo moto notice, in 2014 with regard to the rampant targeted assassinations of members of the judiciary in different parts of the country.
The apex court has been hearing cases related to police efficiency recently and, a day earlier, had formed a three-member committee of police officials to scrutinise the patchy service records of cops to identify corrupt ones and inspect the details of the money disbursed for investigating cases.
A two-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Amir Hani Muslim, directed the committee to screen the records of all policemen, from the constables to DIGs, who were awarded major or minor penalties during departmental proceedings and proceed against them under section 16.2 of the Police Rules. The team will be headed by Additional IG AD Khawaja.
The committee has been formed on recommendation of the Sindh advocate general. The court also told the committee to ensure that the service book and records of all officers were computerised and well manually maintained for safe custody.