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Rangers shooting: Four more personnel handed over to police

Man who handed the victim over to the Rangers also detained.

Express June 12, 2011

KARACHI:

Four more Rangers personnel accused of involvement in the extrajudicial killing of a youth in Karachi were handed over to police for interrogation late on Saturday night, the spokesperson for Pakistan Rangers Sindh confirmed to The Express Tribune.

Sarfaraz Shah was shot dead on Wednesday by Rangers personnel who accused him of robbery — footage of which was captured on camera and broadcast repeatedly on television channels.

Sources close to the investigation said the Rangers officials handed over four of the remaining paramilitary personnel seen in the video to police in order to proceed in the investigation ordered by the government and the Supreme Court.

Sources said the suspects would be interrogated at an undisclosed location. “We are in the initial stage of investigation,” said sources.

Two Rangers personnel, Shahid Zafar and Muhammed Afzal, have already been remanded into police custody for five days.

A man named Afsar Khan, who manhandled the victim, Sarfaraz Shah, and handed him over to the Rangers, alleging that he was robbing people in the park, was also detained on Saturday.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2011.

COMMENTS (4)

RK | 12 years ago | Reply This is not nearly enough. The entire chain of command must be held to account for the actions of their trained personnel. Army men are not trained to think, they carry out orders.

wajih ul ghani | 12 years ago | Reply when ever i saw the clips in which ranger & all our security agencies killing brutality innocence peoples in the name of security or justice in all over the country specially all upper northern areas where army is involve killing our brave pathens who is always provide blood on our boarders & never let down the name of country. Now time is come to reflect them all accordingly. it is law of the nature THAT KILL ALL THE ACCUSED PERSONS LIKE THEY DO .IT IS JUSTICE no need to wast the time. All the Facts is before us We all know the killers , Why Courts needs to find witness . Here We must Salute to the Electronic media . They always stand in the front line for the defense of innocence peoples of Pakistan. . . Sarfaraz Shah is just like my own brother . we all pray for him.