By: Kamran Ali Shah
PESHAWAR: A sessions court on Thursday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for 19 accused for failing to appear in a case related to the May 9 riots in Peshawar.
The hearing was conducted by Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Kashif Mirza. Provincial Minister Meena Khan Afridi appeared before the court, along with 17 other accused named in the case.
According to court proceedings, a total of 37 accused were nominated in the case registered at Gulbahar Police Station. However, 19 of them did not appear during the hearing, prompting the court to issue non-bailable arrest warrants.
The court directed law enforcement authorities to arrest the absent accused and present them at the next hearing. It also ordered the prosecution to submit an interim challan.
The prosecution maintained that on May 9, active protesters staged demonstrations on GT Road and vandalised private as well as government property.
The court adjourned further hearing of the case until January 27.
Tehsildar caught red-handed by KP Anti-Corruption
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Anti-Corruption Department on Thursday arrested a revenue officer (Tehsildar) red-handed while taking a bribe from a citizen.
The Anti-Corruption Department team conducted the raid in the tehsil Garahi area, where they arrested the tehsildar red-handed when he was taking a bribe from the applicant.
The source said that Tehsildar Aqdas Rehman had been posted in Tehsil Garhi Kapora, which came under the grip of Anti-Corruption following a citizen complaint.
On the complaint of a citizen, the Anti-Corruption Khyber Pakhtunkhwa conducted a sting operation against the Tehsildar in the presence of District Magistrate-1 Mardan.
According to sources, Tehsildar Aqdas Rehman was arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a citizen and the amount of Rs 30,000 taken as a bribe was recovered from the possession of the Tehsildar.
The Anti-Corruption Khyber Pakhtunkhwa later registered a case against the accused Tehsildar and began further interrogation.
Other revenue officers of the Circle were summoned for verification of the report.The
Tehsildar had demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000 from the citizen in exchange for verification of the report
Officials of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Anti-Corruption Department, on the occasion, said that legal actions against corruption will continue until the elimination of the menace from society.
