Directs police to make sure restoration of Fazal Shakoor Khan, who was kidnapped close to motorway toll plaza
The Peshawar Excessive Court docket on Saturday directed the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police chief to analyze the alleged abduction of provincial minister Fazal Shakoor Khan and take instant steps for his restoration.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Kamran Hayat Miankhel additionally issued a written order within the case. The bench was listening to a petition filed by Anwar Aziz, brother of the lacking minister, which said that unidentified armed males kidnapped Shakoor close to a motorway toll plaza on September 21.
Counsel for the petitioner, Bashir Khan Wazir, Ali Zaman and Barrister Sarwar Muzaffar Shah, instructed the courtroom that the provincial minister was kidnapped close to the motorway entry/exit level regardless of the presence of police. Chamkani police have already registered a case of abduction in opposition to unidentified individuals.
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Through the earlier listening to, the courtroom had summoned the investigating officer. He knowledgeable the bench that two people accompanying the minister had returned house safely and recorded their statements below Part 161 of the Code of Felony Process. In keeping with these statements, roughly 14 males kidnapped the group however later launched the 2 companions.
The legal professionals requested the courtroom to summon the provincial police chief so {that a} correct inquiry could possibly be carried out and the minister’s restoration ensured. The excessive courtroom accordingly ordered police authorities to hold out an intensive investigation and take all obligatory measures for the minister’s restoration.
