ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a police investigation report related to the Owais Ali Shah kidnapping case.
The SC resumed hearing of the Karachi law and order case today.
During the hearing, Chief Secretary Sindh and IG Sindh presented the report related to the high profile kidnapping case.
In the report, it was said that action has been initiated against 24 officers of DSP ranks, along with four of SSP and SP ranks.
The four police officers included SSP Farooq Ahmed, SP Asad Aijaz, SP Amjad Hayyat, and ASP Tariq Nawaz. All the four officers are facing action due to dereliction of duty.
The court while dismissing the report remarked that the CCTV cameras were not functional on June 20, the day SHC CJ's son was abducted.
The SC while demanding a comprehensive report on the kidnapping of the SHC Chief Justice?s son and the dysfunctional CCTV cameras, summoned Attorney General on the next hearing of the case, July 28.
In the previous hearing, the court had expressed its displeasure over the progress in the case and had remarked that the public has lost its trust in the police.Â
Owais was kidnapped by four men from superstore in Clifton area in June. After 29 days of captivity, he was recovered from Tank, an area near South Waziristan where Pakistan's security forces have battled local and foreign militants.
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