KARACHI:Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah taking serious notice of the Zubaib Qureshi’s escape, the main accused of Dua Mangi kidnapping case, from the police custody has directed the IG police to lock up the concerned policemen and constitute a high-profile police party to arrest the accused.
The chief minister was told that accused Zohaib Ali son of Mumtaz Ali Qureshi along with four accused was brought before the court of Judicial Magistrate VII East on January 27, 2022 in a case of Ferozabad police. The accused got the next date of hearing and was escorted back to jail by Head constable Naveed and constable Zafar Habib.
The report said that in connivance with HC Naveed, the accused used a private car to buy shoes from Tariq road and escaped there from due to negligence of the Head Constable. It may be noted that accused Zohaib Qureshi is convicted in a case FIR No. 207/18, u/s 392/34 PPC for Rigorous Imprisonment for three years with a fine of Rs. 20,000. Zohiab is being tried in Nine other cases, including the Dua Mangi kidnapping case of December 2019.
The police, on the instructions of the chief minister, have registered a case of Zohaib Qureshi’s escape from police custody (FIR No. 48/2022), and quarter guarded/locked up HC Naveed and constable Zafar Habib and placed the services of SP Court Police, Azam Durrani under suspension. On the directives of the chief minister a police party comprising DIG East and policemen of CIA has been constituted to comb out Zohaib Qureshi to bring him to the book.