SHO, ASI land in jail for staged encounter.

DADU -- The court of second civil judge of Mehar on Tuesday sent an SHO and an ASI to jail after finding them guilty of staging an encounter in the jurisdiction of B-Section police station to arrest two suspects about two months ago.

The judge passed the order when he found that forensic report of the pistol police claimed to have recovered from the suspects, Mashooq Qambrani and Ghulam Qadir Qambrani, said that no bullet had been fired from the weapon while the FIR claimed the suspects were held after an exchange of fire with police.

The FIR was lodged by SHO Asgar Ali Shah as complainant in the case of the encounter and ASI Sikandar Jatoi was eyewitness of the shootout.

The judge hence ordered arrest of the two police officials, who had...