IHC directs police to submit JIT’s report

RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday directed police to submit report of joint investigation team (JIT), which was constituted for the recovery of a missing couple.

A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Athar Minallah heard the petition of Khubaib Hassan, father of abducted person Nozair Hasan. The judge also directed defense secretary to submit a report regarding the matter and adjourned the hearing until April 30.

During the hearing, police confirmed that both husband and wife were taken away on night between January 12 and January 13 from their residence but there is still no information about their whereabouts.

The police informed the court that a JIT has been constituted comprising the representatives of all agencies. Then, the court directed to submit JIT report within 10 days before the court.

Petitioner Khubaib Hassan’s counsel submitted that one of the detenues being employee of defense ministry was required to be reported by ministry within 24 hours as per defense laws while in this case three months have passed and the ministry did nothing.

At this, the court directed the officer of the ministry present in the court to submit written report in that regard within ten days.

The petitioner moved the petition through his counsel Inam-ur-Raheem Advocate and cited station house officer (SHO) police station Ramna, inspector general of police Islamabad, Ministry of Defense through its secretary, ISI through its DG and Ministry of Interior through its secretary as respondents.

He stated that Nozair Hasan has been serving as general manager in National Development Complex (NDC) for the past ten years and is married with Omaima Hasan while the couple has two kids, namely, Hibban and Safwan aged seven and four years respectively.

The petitioner informed the court that on the night falling between January 12 and January 13, 2018 at around 02:00am a contingent of fully masked armed men attired in black uniform along with a few persons dressed in plain clothes trespassed their residence and carried out thorough search of the house.

“That after causing unexplainable harassment, chaos and confusion the armed men, surely believed to be men belonging to agencies, took along both the detenues while leaving behind their two kids screaming, and crying for their parents,” maintained the petitioner.

He added that ironically the raiding contingent of security apparatus was not accompanied by any lady official and wife of Nozair was manhandled and openly abducted by the male security personnel.

He continued that after hectic efforts, first information report (FIR) was lodged with police station Ramna, Islamabad, on 17.01.2018. However, he said that despite lapse of more than two months, Islamabad police have utterly failed to locate and trace the whereabouts of abductees and as no such information, whatsoever, has been shared with the family so far.