LHC dissatisfied with IG Punjab’s report on Advocate Amir Rawn missing case

• No information had been retrieved from CCTVs, said police
• Justice rejected report of CCPO as unsatisfactory
• Adam Saeed Rawn filed a habeas corpus petition

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday summoned the inspector general of police of Punjab after expressing dissatisfaction over a report submitted by the city police chief on the recovery of alleged missing Advocate Amir Saeed Rawn, an adviser to former chief minister Parvez Elahi.

CCPO Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamiana told the court that footages of CCTV cameras installed on as many as 44 private properties on Zahoor Elahi Road had been examined. However, he said, no information had been retrieved so far leading to the whereabouts of the alleged missing lawyer.

Also Read

LHC irked over interior ministry’s report on Shahbaz Gill

Interior Ministry said 12 cases were registered against Shahbaz Gill The court...

Justice Shehram Sarwar Chaudhry rejected the report of the CCPO as unsatisfactory and summoned the IGP on February 7 (Tuesday).

Adam Saeed Rawn, the brother of the lawyer, filed a habeas corpus petition alleging that the police abducted Amir and kept in illegal detention at an undisclosed place.

He said the police picked up his brother on political grounds at the behest of the government. He asked the court to order the police to produce the alleged detainee before the court.

A general house meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) also condemned the alleged disappearance of Advocate Rawn, also a former secretary of the bar, and announced to lodge a strong protest if the police failed to recover the lawyer within a day.

The representatives at the meeting resolved that a joint session of all top bar associations and councils would soon be convened on the issue of incidents involving abduction and murder of the lawyers in the country.