KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday ordered the police authorities to suspend two station house officers who were facing investigation for allegedly killing a man in a fake encounter, and restrain the police from posting them in the province without seeking prior permission of the court. Sachal SHO Ismail Lashari and Sohrab Goth SHO Shoaib Siddiqui were allegedly involved in the killing of 17-year-old Anisur Rahman Soomro in June 2014.
According to the victim’s father, Anis was a Class X student who was arrested along with his two friends by the Sachal Goth police near Safoora Goth in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on June 12, 2014.
He informed the judges that he had repeatedly visited the police station to learn reasons for the arrest of his son and his friends. But SHO Lashari demanded Rs500,000 for his son’s release and later killed him in a fake encounter, because he was unable to pay the bribe, he said.
The victim’s father also told the judges that the police officers booked in the murder case of his son were forcing him to withdraw the case. Later, Mr Soomro told reporters that his son worked at electronics shop in Sachal Goth after doing matric from Larkana.
