SANGHAR: Additional Sessions Judge of Khipro Inayatullah Bhutto on Monday issued show-cause notices to SSP of Sanghar and SHO of Khipro over their failure to register an FIR against SSP, five inspectors and 20 other policemen on charges of staging a fake encounter and killing two `suspected` robbers on May 20.

The judge passed the order after relatives of encounter victims and citizens were denied registration of FIR as per court orders and they filed a contempt of court application against the respondents SSP Zeeshan Siddique, SHO of Khipro and DIG of Shaheed Benazirabad.

The judge had passed an order on Friday directing the SHO to register the FIR and submit compliance report within two days but he failed to act upon the order.

The judge ordered the SSP and the SHO to appear in court on Tuesday and asked the SHO to bring a copy of the FIR during the hearing but he did not turn up and thereafter the coun issued the show-cause notices to the two officers.

The coun also sought call data of all police officials performing duties at Khipro police station.