MULTAN: Khanewal Civil Judge Muhammad Iqbal Goraya has rejected the plea by Mazhar Waheed, deputy superintendent of New Central Jail Multan, that alleged that Ijaz alias Chiri, an under-trial prisoner, had sewed his lips shut and summoned Mr Waheed and his abettors Habib and Zafar Kamboh tomorrow (Tuesday).
| "But, yer honor! He dunnit hisself! We seen it! It wudn't me!" |
Earlier, the deputy superintendent submitted his comments on the report of the court on Saturday. The court asked the state attorney that how could a person sew his lips on way to court from the prison.
| "He wuz all alone in the back o' the paddy wagon, yer honor! We thought he was darning his sock!" |
The court did not agree with the inquiry report prepared by Mian Farooq Nazir, the Deputy Inspector General of Prisons for Southern Zone, which alleged that Ijaz himself sewed his lips shut.
| "You guyz want to try another story?" |
Ijaz Chiri alleged that jail authorities were torturing him for reconciliation and threatening him with dire consequences if he stuck to his statement.
| "Yeah, Ijaz! You better... ummm... button yer lip." |
He asked the court to allow him to keep pen and paper so that he could write about the excesses by the jail staff. |