A murder case has been registered against the station house officer (SHO) and head muharrir (clerk) of the Darakhshan police station, and Clifton’s superintendent of police has been removed from his post over the custodial death of a suspect allegedly involved in an extortion case.
The custodial death case was registered on behalf of the state under the sections of murder and illegal confinement against SHO Ali RazaLeghari and Head MuharrirMufassil Ahmed Leghari.
Clifton SP Nayyar Ali was also removed from his post in the aftermath of the incident. He was asked to report to the Karachi Police Office, while Gulberg SP Uzair Ahmed was appointed in his place.
The suspect MoizNaseem had been arrested in an extortion case by the Darakhshan police on April 14. According to the complainant Abdul Basit, MoizNaseem made extortion calls to him, then sent a man to his home in Sea View to collect the money.
Basit said he had already paid almost Rs1.6 million. On April 14 the complainant called MoizNaseem to his house and got him arrested by the police. Instead of registering a case against the suspect and handing him over to the police, the Darakhshan operational police kept him in their own custody. The suspect died under mysterious circumstances in the lock-up of the police station on the night of April 15.
Karachi police chief Addl IGP Imran YaqoobMinhas took notice of the incident and formed an inquiry team to investigate the matter. West Zone police chief DIG Irfan Ali Baloch is heading the team. The inquiry officer DIG Baloch can seek the assistance of any other officer for the investigation. A comprehensive inquiry report is to be submitted within three days.
