QUETTA: The police have decided to file a petition in the Balochistan High Court (BHC), challenging the acquittal of former MPA Majeed Khan Achakzai in the murder case of a Traffic Sergeant Haji Attaullah.
According to Additional Inspector General (AIG) Abdul Razaq Cheema, the appeal against a model court’s September 4 verdict of exonerating Achakzai from all charges is in the final phase as the prosecution department is going through the detailed judgment and relevant documents to finalize the appeal.
He said that the appeal will be moved in the high court at the earliest. The model court in Quetta had acquitted Achakzai in the traffic sergeant murder case due to a lack of evidence. Judge Dost Muhammad Mandokhail had announced the verdict on September 4.
Haji Attaullah was run over and killed in Quetta’s GPO Chowk allegedly by a vehicle belonging to then-MPA Achakzai in 2017.
Attaullah had been seriously injured in the accident and was taken to Civil Hospital Quetta for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries.
The incident had come to light when the footage of the legislator’s vehicle ramming into the traffic officer began circulating on social media and police arrest Achakzai.
Achakzai had been released from jail after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted him bail in a case pertaining to the killing of a traffic sergeant in Quetta by his over-speeding vehicle On December 29, 2017.
Achakzai belongs to the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party had confessed to driving the vehicle when the accident took place and also expressed his desire to settle the issue with the victim’s family as per tribal traditions.
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