BAHAWALNAGAR: The IGP has sought a report from the DPO Office over a matter in which an SHO allegedly misinformed his higher-ups about the quantity of heroin recovered from a woman trafficker on Nov 24 last at Mandi Sadiq Ganj.

Police recovered heroin from Muniran Bibi during a raid at Mohallah Islamnagar under the supervision of SHO Shafiqur Rehman. Officials arrested the woman and her two sons Babar and Amir while one of their accomplices escaped.

The SHO showed recovery of 14kg heroin instead of the actual 20kg and was later removed from his post. A departmental inquiry was launched against him on Dec 2 for distorting the facts and the IGP took notice of the matter after the news was highlighted in this newspaper on Dec 5.

The district police booked ringleader Muniran under a minor section 9B at the Madrassa police station instead of the Mandi Sadiq Ganj police station for possession of 660 gram charas on Nov 26, while her sons were booked on Nov 28 for possession of 17.6kg narcotics-like powder.

A police official, while requesting anonymity, told Dawn that the mobile phone location and the CCTV footage installed at the house of the woman could reveal the facts distorted in the FIR against the woman.

DPO’s spokesperson Shehzad Ishfaq said they were preparing a detailed report on the matter on the IGP’s order.

Published in Dawn, December 13th, 2021