Zain murder case: LHC orders police to produce Mustafa Kanjo

LAHORE: The Lahore High court on Wednesday directed the capital city police officer (CCPO) of Lahore to produce Mustafa Kanjo in Zain murder case before the court on next hearing, ARY News reported.

A two-member bench of the LHC headed by Justice Qasim Khan resumed hearing of a plea against the acquittal of suspects involved in Zain murder case today.

During the course of proceedings, public prosecutors apprised the court that the court’s notice could not be served on Mustafa Kanjo, the son of former state minister for foreign affairs Siddique Kanju, as he had left for London.

The court warned that if Mustafa Kanjo would not be produced before the court on next hearing, they would issue red warrants against Kanjo.

It is pertinent to mention here that the court had acquitted Kanjo after all the witnesses had withdrawn their statements in the Zain murder case.   Zain’s family pleaded the LHC to nullify its earlier verdict in the case.

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Earlier, Judicial Magistrate Akram Azad , on May 2, 2016, had heard the case against Kanju regarding illegal possession of weapons.

The court had issued non-bailable warrants against the four witnesses, Ghulam Mustafa, Imran, Imtiaz and Idrees, for not appearing before the court. However, the witnesses still did not comply the court order that led the court to reissue their arrest warrants.

The court also directed SHO South to arrest and present Mustafa Kanju before court on May 14. The case of illegal possession of Kalashnikov, used in Zain’s murder, had been registered in the police station South.