Decision to not conduct judicial inquiry in Sahiwal incident challenged in LHC
CTD killed parents of innocent children infront of them, the plaintiff added.
SAHIWAL (Dunya News) – A plea against not holding judicial inquiry of Sahiwal incident has been submitted in Lahore High Court (LHC) today (Monday).
According to the plaintiff, Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) killed parents of innocent children infront of them. The government cannot relax after just constituting Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in the case, he added.
Earlier, Four persons including two women were shot dead by the CTD officers in a purportedly high-speed pursuit in Qadirabad area of Sahiwal city.
CTD claimed that the ‘terrorists’ were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO). Three other terrorists including Shahid Jabar and Abdul Rahman managed to flee during the chase near the toll plaza of Sahiwal.
CTD claimed of confiscating explosives and weapons from the car adding that officers were investigating into the matter as part of the operation in Faisalabad on January 16.
Contrarily, an eye witness has told the media that the deceased were neither equipped with any weapon nor resisted officers whereas three children were also present in the car.
The eyewitnesses further said that the children while speaking to them at a nearby petrol station claimed that the “police has killed their parents”.
“Following the firing incident, the police left the children at the petrol station where they spoke to us. A few minutes later, however, CTD officials returned and took the children with them to an undisclosed location,” the eyewitnesses added.
