KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued notices to the provincial police officer, prosecutor general (PG) and others on a petition filed by the father of a teenage girl seeking fair investigation into his daughter`s abduction case.

Syed Mehdi Ali Kazmi, through his lawyer, approached the SHC stating that he was dissatisfied with the investigating of ficer (IO) of the case for attempting to conclude the probe in favour of the accused by removing key offences without collecting any new evidence.

The petitioner submitted that his daughter was abducted from his house in Karachi on April 16 and forced for underage marriage in Lahore with main accusedZaheer Ahmed.

He argued that investigation officer DSP Saeed Rind had filed a final report under Section 173 of the criminal procedure code before the area magistrate without complying with mandatory provisions and also discharged 17 suspects who were earlier prima facie found culpable in the subject crime.

He maintained that the IO did not even wait for the order of the judicial magistrate on an application file d for the medico-legal examination of the girl and in connivance with the accused removed the offence under Section 375 of the Pakistan Penal Code from the scope of investigation.

The petitioner said the investigation of the case might be supervised by a DIG not from the Anti-Violent Crime Cell/ CIA to ensure a fair andtransparentprobe.