Summary As many as seven inmates have escaped from different courts in Karachi over the last three days.
KARACHI (Dunya News) - A judicial magistrate on Sunday sent six police officials of Crime Investigation Department (CID) on two day physical remand in a case involving escape of under trial prisoners from court premises.
Two inspectors, who were also among the accused, told the court that other policemen were also present when the prisoners fled the court.
Earlier, the Sindh High Court chief justice expressed displeasure over the security arrangements in place at the city's anti-terrorism courts (ATCs).
Following the escape of four more inmates on Saturday, SHC Chief Justice Mushir Alam summoned the home secretary, police chief and finance secretary on Monday to discuss the poor arrangements at the courts, where suspects charged in high-profile cases such as bomb blasts, sectarian killings and kidnappings are tried. He also ordered the police chief to seek out the services of experts to boost security at the ATCs. Justice Alam chaired a meeting of the presiding officers of ATCs following the incident as well.
As many as seven inmates have escaped from different courts in Karachi over the last three days. Four more under-trial prisoners, including two suspected Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members, escaped from separate courts in the city two days after three prisoners escaped from an ATC.
