The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the provincial police chief to ensure that no false case be registered against any innocent people associated with the Sheerazi family of Thatta at the behest of the influential people.
This direction came on a petition filed by Ahmed Bux Vico and two others, residents of Sujawal, Thatta district, who moved the court against SSPs of Thatta and Sujawal and their subordinates for persecuting them by implicating them in criminal cases allegedly at the behest of the ruling Pakistan People's Party. Petitioner's counsel said his clients, who were ardent supporters of the Thatta-based Sheerazi family, had been victimised by the police and the city administration for their allegiance to the Sheerazi family.
Three petitioners were implicated in false cases relating to stealing of canal water for irrigation purposes, he said, adding that more than hundred cases were registered against supporters of the Sheerazi family on political rivalry. The counsel told the court that following the directions of higher and superior courts, DIG Police Bashir Ahmed Memon conducted investigation into the cases and found that except two or three FIRs, the rest of cases were false and fabricated.
The judges noted: "It appears that number of innocent people of Thatta, particularly Sujawal, are being dragged into concocted cases and local police is playing in the hands of some influential people of the area." The court therefore directed the provincial police chief to personally look into the matter and ensure that no victimisation whatsoever is continued against poor villagers who have been made victim due to political rivalry of the influential people of the area. It further directed the IGP of Sindh to ensure that investigation into cases 45, 129, 50 and 56 of 2014 is entrusted to Syed Pir Muhammad Shah, SSP West, who shall personally conduct investigation and submit a report to the court.