KARACHI: Former SSP Malir Rao Anwar not produced before an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case hearing today.
The police submitted a medical certificate of ‘illness’ of Rao Anwar in the court.
Anwar has been the key accused in high profile Naqeebullah murder case.
The Judge, expressing his displeasure over the absence of the accused, directed the police officials to produce him at the next hearing.
The court also warned that the doctor who issued the medical certificate of the accused could be summoned to the court if Rao Anwar is not brought in the next hearing on May 14.
In the previous hearing, the court had sent the accused former SSP to prison on judicial remand until May 2 (today).
Rao Anwar, 11 of his detained subordinates and 14 absconders are accused of killing Naqeebullah Mehsud along with three other detainees, in a staged encounter in Malir on January 13.
Family members and tribal elders arrived in court for the case hearing expressed their apprehensions over the suspected absence of the key accused in the case. They said the accused is hiding behind a health certificate.
They warned of protest if accused Rao Anwar is not brought in the court in next hearing of the case.
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