The Islamabad District and Sessions Court was informed on Friday that the investigation officer (IO) of the Shahbaz Gill case has gone to Karachi and he took the record of the case with him.
When Additional Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra heard the bail plea Friday the IO was missing from the courtroom.
“A notice was sent to the officer so where is he? Where is the record? Why he did not appear in court?” he asked.
The police said the notice was issued in the evening while he had already left for Karachi in the morning. The IO has gone to Karachi to arrest another accused in the case and took the record with him.
The court was not pleased and ordered that either the IO or the presented by 10am.
Afterward, the court adjourned the hearing of the case till 10:30 and ordered that if the record is not received, SSP and IG Islamabad will be summoned.
When the hearing resumed after the break, Gill’s lawyers requested to postpone the hearing till Saturday morning if the record is not presented today.
On this, the judge asked if the police have any objection to this. The police officer presented requested the court to adjourn the hearing till Monday.
