According to the Ministry of Interior’s letter dated November 5, the concerned Station House officer (SHO) or Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Punjab, as the complainant, must immediately register the FIR of the aforementioned case based on the facts of the incident and not on conjectures or speculative allegations as required by Section 154 of the CrPC,1898 because the delay is flagrantly illegal and has resulted in irreparable harm.
Punjab is asked to file a FIR on “merit” by the centre.
According to the letter, “The undersigned is directed to refer to the tragic incident of firing on the PTI convoy at Wazirabad on November 3, 2022 and to convey the federal government’s grave concerns on the mishandling of the high-profile case, which is evident from the fact that the FIR of the said case, ordinarily required to be registered within 24 hours of any incident, has not been registered even after the passage of more than 36 hours.
According to the letter, the province government’s lacklustre response to the regrettable incident can be seen in the FIR’s failure to be filed despite the fact that provincial police officers were there when the incident occurred.
According to the report, the provincial government has shown a complete unwillingness to offer any kind of justification for the unfortunate incident, including its failure to give the former prime minister adequate security and the obvious disregard for standard operating security procedures with regard to the convoy.
The federal administration has also emphasised that the former prime minister’s medico-legal assessment has not yet been completed. Concerningly, the provincial government has not provided any information regarding the crime’s weapon or if it has undergone forensic examination.
Additionally, the crime scene wasn’t secured for several hours after the incident, which is another another infraction of the protocol. Furthermore, no official details about the victims or the severity of their injuries have been made public. Finally, the disclosure of the suspected offender’s “confessional” footage reveals grave flaws in the investigation process.
It claims that the provincial government’s and its employees’ shortcomings in the aforementioned areas are evident indications of their improper handling of the situation and constitute criminal negligence.
