Report sought on action against policemen patronising gutka sale.

KARACHI -- The Sindh High Court has directed the inspector general of police (IGP) to file comments on a petition asking police high-ups to take actAion against their subordinates over manufacturing and sale of gutka and mainpuri in their jurisdictions.

A non-governmental orgAaAnAisation had petitioned the SHC in 2021 stating that the court had passed several directives to police to curb the menace of gutka and mainpuri, but the police were not complying with the court orders.

A two-judge bench heaAdAed by Justice NaimaAtullah Phulpoto directed the IGP to file parawise comments till April 10.

The petitioner sought directives for the IGP and other senior police officers to take departmental actAion against SHOs of 18 police stations and SPs of Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Jamshed Town, Sohrab Goth areas for deliberately violating court orders.

The petitioner also asked the court to order police high-ups to submit intelligence reports about the number of factories running and manufacturing gutka and mainpuri in district East and its...