An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Thursday remanded former senior superintendent of police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar, who was shifted to Karachi after being arrested near the Supreme Court premises a day earlier, into police custody for 30 days in Naqeebullah Mehsood murder case. The investigating officer produced Anwar in an armoured personnel carrier before the ATC, where the case was being heard, after the judge directed the police to present him before it first instead of the ATC's administrative judge.
The SP Malir Investigation Abid Qaimkhani asked the court if Rao Anwar can be presented in the next hearing as he was to be produced before the administrative judge of ATC for acquiring his remand. The police's plea; however, was dismissed by the judge who directed them to present him today (Thursday). Then the former SSP Malir was brought before the court amid tightened security that included more than 20 mobiles and two armoured personnel carriers.
The police requested the court to grant 30-day physical remand of the suspect as he cannot be presented very often owing to security reason. Approving the police request, the ATC judge allowed the investigators to keep Rao Anwar with them for a month on physical remand. The ex-SSP Malir Rao Anwar and several other cops have been nominated in the murder case of Naqeebullah who was gunned down in 'staged encounter' on Jan 14, 2018.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar had taken a suo motu notice after the issue of extra judicial murder came to limelight. The apex court had conducted several hearings at Islamabad and Karachi registry and had directed the inspector general of police AD Khawaja to arrest Rao Anwar; however the Sindh police remained clueless about him. After dodging the law enforcers for more than two months, the then SSP Malir finally surrendered before the apex court and was arrested after his protective bail was turned down on Wednesday.
The case was registered at Sachal police station under sections 302 (premeditated murder, 365 (Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person), 344 (wrongful confinement for ten or more days), 109 (punishment of abetment if the Act abetted committed inconsequence and where no express provision is made for its punishment) and 34 (common intention of the Pakistan Penal Code read with Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.
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