KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) Wednesday rejected a plea filed by an Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) Karachi cop for shifting of his case from Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) to session court.

A SHC bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Iqbal, heard the petition filed by ACLC cop, Rizwan Ali, for transforming his case pertaining to his alleged involvement in kidnapping for ransom, but the court dismissed his plea and directed the anti-terrorism court to record statement of the investigating officer of the case.

“Do policemen wear uniforms and sit in police stations to kidnap civilians?” The court remarked.

“Tell the truth, did the policeman kidnap the citizen? The court inquired from the investigating officer. Speak the truth,” Justice Muhammad Iqbal said.

The investigation officer stated that ACLC official Rizwan along with frontman Bahadur abducted the citizen. He said Khokhrapar police had caught the ACLC official red-handed and registered the case. The evidence against the ACLC official has been collected and submitted to the ATC, the investigating officer said.

The court remarked that the case shows accused policemen misused authority and police power. The case cannot be transferred from the anti-terrorism court to the Sessions Court, the court ruled.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2021