SAHIWAL: Civil judge Waqas Hashim on Saturday summoned on Oct 25 the Noor Shah SHO, the DDO (agriculture), the investigation of ficer and the father of a three-year child against whom warrants for arrest were issued for selling fertiliser at high prices.

The judge directed the uncle and father of the child not to bring him in the court on the next date of hearing.

ASI/Investigation Officer Rao Naseem admitted before the judge that he neither visited the crime scene nor met the two main accused -Ali Abdullah, 3, and Tanvir Abbas,35 nominated in the FIR.

The Noor Shah police had lodged an FIR against the two accused on June 16, 2015, under the Punjab Fertiliser Control Act 1973 on the complaint of Deputy District Officer (Agriculture) Altaf.

Reports said that Riaz, the father of Ali Abdullah, had a fertiliser shop with the name of Abdullah Traders at village 55/GD.

Riaz alleged that special branch officer Chaudhry Idrees had come to his shop in 2015 and asked him to provide free fertiliser which he refused.

He said later DDO (agriculture) Altaf raided his shop and lodged an FIR against his son and a nephew under the Punjab Fertiliser Act1973.

Ghulam Abbas, the brother of Riaz, said he had asked ASI/IO Rao Naseem that the main accused was only two-year old, but he remained adamant.

He alleged the IO later accepted the bribe and promised to withdraw the case. He said the other accused had already got bail from a lower court.

Mr Abbas said they forgot about the case and thought it had been withdrawn by the IO. But it was to their surprise when they received warrants for the arrest of Ali Abdullah from the court after 11 months.

ASI/IO Rao Naseem refused to talk to Dawn.