KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Monday extended the physical remand of eight Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) officials until January 27, in a case pertaining to the killing of a 19-year-old boy in Karachi’s posh locality of Defence.
The investigating officer of the case presented the accused before the judicial magistrate (south) on expiry of their physical remand and sought extension of their remand for further interrogation.
The magisterial court allowed his request for the extension of the remand and directed him to submit a report in next hearing.
Intizar Ahmed was shot and killed by armed ACLC personnel upon failure to stop his car after being signaled by them in Khayaban-i-Bukhari of Defence Housing Authority’s (DHA).
Inspector Tariq Mehmood, SHO of ACLC police station, Inspector Azhar Ahsan Rizvi, head constables Ghulam Abbas and Shahid, constables Fawad Khan and three others have been arrested for their alleged role in the death of the teenager.
Earlier, the Sindh High Court turned down a government request to nominate a judge to carry out investigation into the murder case.
Provincial home department had requested SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh to assign a judicial officer for an inquiry into the death of 19-year-old Intizar Ahmed.
However, the chief justice returned the request citing Section 22-A and 24 read with Section-22-B of the Pakistan Penal Code.
According to the above-mentioned sections, the district and sessions judges have been empowered to take up such matters themselves or nominate any additional district and sessions judge0 for the purpose.
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