A senior official of the Punjab Prisons Department has told Independent Urdu that the news about the detention of six officials in Adiala Jail for alleged facilitation of former Prime Minister Imran Khan is ‘fake’.
On the question of Independent-Urdu, “Is the former Deputy Superintendent of Jail Muhammad Akram included in the three officials of Adiala Jail who were arrested earlier?” But the official said that ‘these reports are also not true.’
On August 14, reports of the arrest of former Inspector General (IG) Jails, former Deputy Superintendent Jail Muhammad Akram and two other officials appeared in the media, after which six employees of Adiala Jail were detained today. come on
Media reports claimed that a total of six officials, including three women, were detained in Adiala Jail for alleged facilitation of Imran Khan. According to reports, these employees included ‘a sweeper, two lady wards and three personnel monitoring the CCTV cameras.’
According to media reports, the mobile phones of the detained employees have been seized, among them the female staff used to send messages between former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in the jail.
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According to the reports, ‘the employees have been detained as a result of the investigation of the previously detained Deputy Superintendent Jail Muhammad Akram and Assistant Superintendent Bilal.’
The case of the ‘disappearance’ of the former Deputy Superintendent of Adiala Jail
It should be noted that the Lahore High Court has issued summons to the authorities of Adiala Jail in the ‘Missing Deputy Superintendent Jail Muhammad Akram Case’.
Justice Muhammad Raza Qureshi of the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court heard the petition related to the recovery of the former Deputy Superintendent of Jail after his ‘disappearance’. Petitioner Maimoona Riaz, wife of Muhammad Akram, appeared before the court along with lawyer Iman Mazari.
During the hearing, the prison administration submitted a report regarding Muhammad Akram, on which the court expressed its indignation and summoned the administration in a personal capacity.
The petitioner’s lawyer said, “Since August 14, there is no trace of Muhammad Akram, the police has not even registered a case.”
Later, the court ordered the petitioner to submit an application for registration of the case in Sadar Baruni police station. While the Intelligence Bureau and CPO Rawalpindi have been asked for an affidavit on the next hearing.
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2024-08-22 14:26:13
