On Tuesday, the Karachi police announced that they had charged a lady with murder after she was involved in a fatal accident on Karsaz Road the previous day.
Three people were hurt and two individuals, including a woman, were killed by a speeding SUV on Monday night.
Dawn was informed by Traffic Police Deputy Inspector General Ahmad Nawaz Cheema that a female driver was operating a Toyota vehicle in a “very careless manner.”
Cheema claims that the vehicle struck a motorbike ostensibly while negotiating a bend from Tipu Sultan lane onto the Muslim League House service lane. The car then collided with a parked car on the road, after which it struck two more motorcyclists and crashed.
Two of the five victims of the tragedy, who were sent to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for treatment, passed away from their wounds.
The District East police spokeswoman verified that the police had filed a first information report (FIR) against the suspect in a statement released today.
The motorist was detained last night and turned over to the police’s investigation unit, according to the statement.
According to the most recent information, the hospital has not yet submitted the report following the woman’s medical checkup, the police stated.
It further stated that an investigation was being conducted by the investigation wing and that the senior superintendent of police (SSP) of investigation for District East may be contacted for more information.
One day of incarceration was allowed by the police.
A Karachi East court, meantime, gave the police one day’s custody of the suspect and directed them to bring her before the court the following day.
Investigation officer (IO) Rehan Ahmed was ordered by the court to submit the suspect before the special duty judicial magistrate; Dawn.com has a copy of the order.
The suspect was “not in a position to bring to the court,” Ahmed told the court, having been admitted to JPMC’s psychiatry department for treatment. The decision added that he also presented the court with a medical certificate attesting to the same thing, which was provided by Dr. Ghooni Lal, an associate professor and the head of the JPMC’s department of psychiatry.
The court stated that the case record that was available to it convinced the court that the suspect’s physical custody was “very much necessary” for remand under section 167 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), a procedure that is used when an investigation cannot be finished in a day.
The order stated that “custody is hereby sanctioned to investigation officer for 01 day” and that “prima facie appears that [the] accused [is] not in a position to be brought before the court at once without personal suffering, and risk to health.”
“The claimed investigating official is accountable to make preparations for keeping the accused person in secure custody for the sanctioned period,” the statement stated.
The suspect must appear in court tomorrow, Wednesday, “if she sufficiently recovers and is able to be produced,” according to the judge’s directive to IO Ahmed. But the judgment also said, “[The] investigating officer may apply afresh to the concerned court for further orders in case she doesn’t sufficiently recovers [sic].”
The FIR
Imtiaz Arif, whose brother and niece perished in the accident, submitted the first information report (FIR) at 11 p.m. yesterday at the Bahadurabad police station. A copy of the FIR is accessible on Dawn.com.
Sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 337-G (penalty for hurt by rash or negligent driving), 427 (mischief causing damage to the extent of fifty rupees), and 320 (punishment for qatl-i-khata by rash or negligent driving) of the Pakistan Penal Code were cited in the FIR.
The complaint states that Arif was notified of his brother Imran Arif’s accident at approximately 6:45 p.m. on Monday while he and his daughter Amna Arif were riding a motorcycle.
The complainant learned that the defendant, who was operating a Toyota Land Cruiser, had struck his brother’s motorcycle from behind when he arrived at the JPMC.
The FIR said that “Abdussalam, son of Mohammad Ishaq, who was riding on the motorcycle was also injured,” and that Imran and his daughter suffered several injuries before passing unexpectedly.
Nobody is exempt from the law: police
Another story that was “circulating on social media that were trying to give an impression that the police were perhaps slow in taking action as per routine” was refuted by the investigating SSP spokesperson in a statement.
A spokesman for the SSP emphasized that the suspect had been taken into custody and that a FIR had been lodged against her.
The statement went on to say: “The police, following protocol, sent the woman driver to a hospital for a medical examination after they suspected she was intoxicated.”
It further stated that the JPMC had been contacted in writing about the issue and had the power to provide the medical report.
The spokesman pointed out that the investigative wing was working to ensure that an arrested person appeared in court within 24 hours of their arrest.
District East police would like to make it clear that everyone must abide by the law. The statement declared that the law has been scrupulously obeyed without hesitation since the occurrence.
It further stated that as the case develops, the police investigation unit will provide a charge sheet to the court based on its findings.
The SSP spokeswoman stated, “Today, two precious lives were lost, and the police will not commit any negligence in its investigation.”
