LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC)ordered the relevant authorities onWednesday to produce wanted criminal Abid ‘Boxer’ in court on July 27.
The orders were given as acting LHC Chief Justice Anwarul Haq took up theplea of Abid’s father-in-law, who has petitioned the court to orderauthorities to produce Abid in court following his reported extradition tothe country earlier this year.
Abid, a former police officer, was reportedly arrested from UAE in Februarythis year and later brought back to Pakistan. He has yet to be produced inany court regarding his detention.
During today’s hearing, the deputy attorney general informed the court thatAbid has been brought back to Pakistan.
The petitioner has expressed fear that his son-in-law will be killed in afake encounter and sought the LHC’s assistance to provide him protectionand ascertain his exact whereabouts and health condition.
In March this year, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had informed theLHC that Abid had not been extradited to Pakistan through Interpol.
During proceedings, the FIA had informed the court that Abid who had beenarrested from Dubai on February 7 had not been brought back to Pakistan.
However, the media had reported earlier that the former police officeraccused of various extra-judicial killings and other crimes in Punjab hadbeen brought back to Pakistan on February 20.