Man discharged from double murder case for lack of evidence.

Byline: Israr Ahmad

Rawalpindi -- An area magistrate on Monday discharged a man from double murder case while remarking police have failed in collecting substantial evidence against him.

The magistrate also reprimanded police investigators for implicating an innocent person in a double murder case and directed them to trace out the real culprits involved in the heinous crime. The man against whom the court dropped double murder charges has been identified as Shabbir Ahmed.

On the other hand, an investigator of Homicide Investigation Unit (HIU) Sub Inspector (SI) Aziz Sultan associated with the double murder case was also removed from his post apparently on nod of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Gujar Khan Circle for not fixing the detainee in double murder case and declaring the crime as dacoity in investigation report, informed sources.

Jatli police arrested Shabbir Ahmed on October 15 on suspicion of murdering two men Navid Ahmed and Nisar Ahmed, who were on their way to home on a motorcycle after closing their cloth shop.

According to details, a police team of Police Station Jatli, headed by HIU SI/Investigation Officer Muhammad Aslam Hayyat produced the suspect Shabbir Ahmed before the judicial magistrate Mumtaz Ahmed Mughal and sought seven-day physical remand for further investigation. However, the judicial magistrate denied the police request and dropped the charges levelled against the suspect. The judge remarked police have failed in making any progress during four-day physical remand granted earlier. 'No evidence has been collected against him and even no evidence is available against the accused to connect him with the commission of alleged offence. In the given circumstances, the request for further remand has been turned down and accused is hereby discharged from this case,' said the judge in a verdict copy of which is also available with The Nation. The judge also mentioned that the police are at liberty to re-arrest the accused if any evidence is available against him.

Meanwhile, sources disclosed that an HIU...