The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Punjab police chief to take action with the assistance of the provincial government against bandits in the kutcha area in Rahim Yar Khan bordering the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan, reported Dawn.
A two-judge SC bench comprising Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel issued the order while hearing a suo motu case against the Aug 4 incident of vandalism of the Ganesh Mandir in Bhong village of Rahim Yar Khan.
Also, the court expressed dismay over perceived foot-dragging for not arresting the relevant Station House Officer (SHO) who had arrested a minor boy of Hindu faith for allegedly urinating at a local mosque and ordered immediate arrest of the culprits involved in the tragic incident of torching the Hindu tempe
The chief justice observed that it was not enough to initiate just a departmental inquiry against the SHO as he should have been arrested. He also summoned the commissioner and the deputy commissioner concerned to appear before the court in the case at the next hearing.
