Court declares raid at Mohsin Baig's house 'illegal'

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 16 February 2022

A sessions court found the raid at journalist Mohsin Baig's residence to be illegal. The court criticized the Margalla Police for a lack of proper procedure and documentation.

Summary

ISLAMABAD—A sessions court has declared the raid at journalist Mohsin Baig's house "illegal" and conducted by persons not authorized to do so since the Margalla Police SHO was "unable to produce any official of FIA Lahore along with relevant record yet," Dawn reported.

The sessions court order said no "member of FIA has supported version of the SHO till yet" and that Baig has not been arrested in the main case (lodged by FIA) till yet.

It further said that the FIR registered by Margalla Police is "devoid of any police diary, statement of any person recorded under Section 161 CrPC and recovery memo of crime empties allegedly fired by the accused party."

Instead of registering an FIR against the unauthorized raiding party, the Margalla Police SHO registered his own FIR, "for showing fake efficiency," the court order read, adding that the "misconduct of the SHO is quite floating on the surface of the record."