Police officers are helpless in front of accused: Chief Justice

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PM Imran

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed has remarked that a high-ranking police officers are helpless in front of the accused.

The Chief Justice made these observations while hearing a suo motu case of of killing of the family of Arbab Chandio here on Monday.

Justice Gulzar expressed anger over the police’s failure to arrest the absconding accused in the case.

The court while reprimanding DIG Hyderabad Naeem Sheikh questioned him that had he ever himself conducted a raid to arrest the accused? To which, the DIG replied that he had not chased the accused but he had seen the place.

Justice Gulzar observed that the police officers do not come out of their offices and they are helpless in front of the accused.