A local court sent on Wednesday a letter to Sindh IGP Mushtaq Mahar and other relevant authorities, expressing annoyance over the police being "negligent" and presenting prisoners infected with the coronavirus before the courts. "Police presenting infected accused before the court should be quarantined and the officials and staff deployed at the same police station as them too should be screened for coronavirus," the court instructed in the letter. The move came after three accused diagnosed with Covid-19 were presented before the South judicial magistrate. Separately, a local court extended the interim bails of three men accused of being involved in the alleged kidnapping, forced conversion and underage marriage of Arzoo Masih. Granting bail extensions, the court adjourned the hearing until November 21.

Source: The Express Tribune November 19, 2020 05:15 UTC