Four cops jailed for defective inquiry into fake encounter Karachi December 16, 2020 The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday sentenced four policemen to six months of rigorous imprisonment after finding them guilty of conducting a defective investigation that had let to the death of a man on the eve of Eidul Azha in 2018 and another’s false imprisonment for over two years. The punishment comes after the acquittal of a man named Arshad in a police encounter case registered at the Gulberg police station. On November 26 the SHC had acquitted the appellant of the police encounter charges and set aside his conviction awarded by the trial court. The SHC had issued show-cause notices to Sub-Inspector Ghulam Shabbir Gopang, Sub-Inspector Bagh Ali Junejo, Assistant Sub-Inspector Najaf Ali, Head Constable Rana Tariq and others.