Shahrukh Jatoi, the murder convict of 2012 Shahzeb murder case, has been living ‘in luxury’ on the upper floor of a little known private hospital in Karachi’s Gizri area. Jatoi was shifted there on the pretext of medical treatment.
The Express Tribune quoted Home Department sources as saying on Monday that a senior official of the Sindh government played a role in transferring the murder convict from prison to hospital under the guise of medical treatment.
Shahrukh was shifted to Qamarul Islam Hospital a few months ago, which is reportedly being rented by the affluent Jatoi family of the province.
As soon as the news was leaked to the media, the murder convict was shifted back to prison.
Additional Chief Secretary Sindh Qazi Shahid Pervez said the Home Department did not give any permission regarding the transfer or admission of Shahrukh Jatoi from jail to hospital.
In 2018, then Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar expressed displeasure after he found out that the VIP treatment was being meted out to Jatoi and ordered the authorities to shift the murder convict to the death cell.
The former top judge during a surprise visit to Karachi’s Malir Jail caught Shahrukh enjoying B-class facilities at the prison.
In 2018, the apex court had ordered arrest of Shahrukh and two co-accused in the Shahzeb murder case after setting aside their acquittal by a trial court and removal of anti-terrorism charges by the Sindh High Court.
