ISLAMABAD: Margalla Police have registered another case against Zahir Jaffer for misbehaving with judge and attacking a police official during hearing of his case.
Zahir Jaffer is the prime suspect in the murder case of Noor Mukadam. Zahir created disturbance during the court proceedings and attacked a police official as well. Inspector Ghulam Mustafa filed a complaint against Zahir Jaffer with Margalla Police Station.
According to the FIR, the accused attacked the police officer in court on November 3 and hit him. He also disobeyed order of the judge who asked Zahir to leave the court room. It said when he was taken out of the courtroom, the accused grabbed the plaintiff by the collar and started pulling him. The accused also tried to injure himself by hitting him. Thus, Zahir Jaffer violated the sanctity of the court.
At a hearing on Wednesday, Zahir was brought to court in tight security. During the hearing, he repeatedly interrupted the judge. When the suspect was warned, he started passing inappropriate comments and hurled obscenities at the court. Zahir was thrown out of the court room for repeatedly interrupting and misbehaving with the judge.
Meanwhile, three prosecution witnesses were cross-examined by the suspects’ counsel Wednesday. They included ASI Muhammad Riaz, and map-maker Amir Shehzad, and Head Constable Firasat Fahim.
The court has summoned the medico-legal officer in the case, the crime scene in charge, and witnesses for the defense in the next hearing on November 10.
On October 20, the sessions court began the case trial of the Noor Mukadam murder case. Earlier, 12 suspects including the prime suspect Zahir Jaffer were indicted for the murder of Noor Mukadam, 27.
Other suspects included Zahir’s parents Zakir Jaffer and Asmat Adamjee, Zahir’s employees Muhammad Iftikhar, Jameel Ahmed, and Muhammad Jan, and six Therapy Works employees including CEO Tahir Zahoor.
