Staff Reporter
Police produced three accused employees of the building control authority before the court on Thursday in Gulbahar building collapse case. At least 27 people were killed when a building caved in in Gulbahar area of Karachi on March 05. Rizvia police investigation team produced three accused before the court of Judicial Magistrate Central and sought physical remand of three accused, including a director. The court reserved its decision over the plea of the police. The counsel of the accused argued before the court that the collapsed building comes into the jurisdiction of Katchi Abadis department and the SBCA could not intervene in katchi abadis. The counsel called suspension and arrest of his clients against the law and pleaded for removing their names from the case and their reinstatement on jobs. The counsel said that the NOC for the building was issued 25 years ago when accused Maqsood and Irfan were children. “How can they be responsible when they were not even employees of the government,” the defence lawyer questioned. The court, however, handed over three suspects to police on two-day remand. Meanwhile, prime suspect in building collapse incident, builder Javed has been shifted to Karachi after the security personnel arrested him and his facilitator Mohammad Younas from Punjab. Javed was repairing building’s pillar with Younas at the time of the mishap. The builder sustained injuries and was admitted to the hospital from where he escaped. The police officers said that Javed is blind due to which he always keeps Younas by his side. Both the suspects will be presented before the court, they said.
