Pota court warns Chand Khan’s lawyer

AHMEDABAD: The special Pota court, dismissing the application of an advocate alleging torture of his client and key Akshardham accused Chand Khan, sent a word of caution to advocates not to make such frivolous allegations against investigating agencies in serious matters.
The application was filed by advocate Hashim Qureshi who had alleged that Khan was being subjected to torture by the Detection of Crime Branch.He had urged the court to get Khan medically examined by a team of senior doctors.
Special Pota judge Sonia Gokani after going through the medical check-up reports of Khan conducted by senior doctors of Civil hospital said as per medical reports the health of Chand Khan seems to be normal. Also there are no signs of any scar or physical torture, or any burn marks as was mentioned by Qureshi in his application.
The medical report submitted before the court on Wednesday said that the blood pressure and the pulse of accused was also normal.