Dua Zehra case: Judge recuses himself from hearing IO replacement case

KARACHI: The judge of the district and sessions court East has recused himself from hearing the investigation office (IO) replacement case related to alleged abducted Dua Zehra.

In another development, the verdict in the IO replacement case was postponed again as the judge recused himself from hearing the case and referred it back to the court for its hearing by another judge.

Moreover, it was also learnt that Dua Zehra has been abducted again. Two days ago, she was present with Zaheer Ahmed in South Punjab before her husband went to Lahore High Court (LHC) Bahawalpur bench to seek his bail.

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After failing to secure bail, he later went to the sessions court in Multan where he was granted protective bail for four days.

However, Zehra was shifted to an unknown location during the period. Sources told News360 that Punjab police department was unaware of Dua Zehra’s current location and expressed suspicions that she was taken into custody by a security agency.

The disappearance of Zehra once again rose the suspicions of the involvement of Goga Gang which could not take risk of keeping the couple together.

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It should be noted that the SAPM Salman Sufi took a special interest in the Dua Zehra case and said last month that the Dua Zehra case will be fully investigated and all available resources will be used. “Protection of children and parents is very important,” he said.

He also and wrote that the case has exposed an important element of child marriage and mental abuse of children.

It should be noted that two days ago, Shaukat Shahani, the investigating officer (IO) of the Dua Zehra kidnapping case, submitted a report to the Additional Sessions Judge in which it was said that when Dua Zehra was allegedly kidnapped from Karachi, Zaheer Ahmed was present in Karachi.

The call data record (CDR) revealed in the report that Ahmed was found in Karachi on the day of Zehra’s disappearance.