SC orders removal of Sindh IG, Rangers DG in 3 days

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SC orders removal of Sindh IG, Rangers DG in 3 days

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The trial court told to decide the case in 30 days and report to the Supreme Court.

10 June,2011 10:56 am

The Supreme Court resumes the hearing of suo motu proceedings regarding the killing of a man at the hands of Rangers on Thursday afternoon.Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that a case had been registered against the young man to conceal the facts.The CJP ordered that the Sindh Rangers DG and Sindh Police IG should be removed in three days otherwise their salaries should be held back.The Supreme Court ordered the DIG (West Karachi) to investigate the case and also directed the trial court to decide the matter in 30 days and send a report to the court.Earlier, the chief justice remarked that the Rangers were deployed in Karachi to stop target killing but its officials themselves were involved in the killing spree.He said that the Rangers had not been given the mandate of killing the citizens.The chief justice said that the Sindh inspector general of police and the Rangers director general should have resigned themselves after watching the video of the incident.During the hearing, the chief justice snubbed the IG for lying to the court when he stated that the victim died in the hospital.He said that a wrong report had been presented in the court and termed it an attempt to rub more salt on the people’s wounds.The chief justice said that the boy has become the nation’s child. The court expressed doubt over the credibility of investigations under the IG.The CJP said that investigations should be independent and called a report within three days.Earlier, the court directed the government to remove the IG and the Rangers DG by 12:30PM.Separately, a five-day remand of two accused has been taken by the Boat Basin police station and both will be produced in court on June 15.