Court summons 9 persons including 7 ICT police personnel to face trial in fake encounter case.

ISLAMABAD -- Additional District and Sessions Judge (West Islamabad) Tahir Abbas Sipra on Saturday summoned some 9 accused including 7 police officers and constables of Islamabad police for a trail against them for murdering two men in a fake encounter at Daman-e-Koh in 2005.

The court issued summons to the accused on the petition of Mehtab Hussain he filed through Rao Abdur Rahim Advocate. The hearing in the case was postponed till February 23, 2023.

The 9 accused, summoned by court, have been identified as DSP Mumtaz, Inspector Muhammad Idress Rathore, CIA ASI Nasir Mehmood, constable Ansar Shah, constable Muhammad Zulfiqar, constable Tahir Zaman, Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue Raja Imtiaz Janjua and Raja Faraz Akram.

In his petition, Mehtab Hussain told court that police had falsely implicated his uncles namely Tanvir Hussain, Nadim Hussain, Tauqeer Hussain (all sons of Sai Irshad), his father Intikhab Hussain and other relatives namely Shahvaiz, Saeed, Zahid Hussain and Sajjad Hussain in a fake case registered with Police Station (PS) Secretariat. He added this fabricated case was chalked by police in order to kill his uncle. He...