Policemen standing alert at the site after angry people attacked the office of a political worker who allegedly killed the nephew of former Provincial Minister Raja Basharat, in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: ONLINE
Police have absolved two suspects, including a PML-N candidate for union council chairman, from charges in the Shoaib Iqbal Raja murder case.
Saddar Beruni police had arrested Asad Mehmood — the PML-N candidate — his brother, father and a few other suspects for their alleged involvement in the murder of Shaoib Iqbal Raja, who is nephew of former Punjab law minister Muhammad Basharat Raja, on December 5 outside a polling station in Rawalpindi.
However, police have now discharged Mehmood along with his brother-in-law Adil Rehman. Investigation officer of the case told Daily Express on Saturday that the two suspects were being discharged since they were not at the crime scene at the time of the incident.
He said that another candidate had testified that Mehmood was at another polling station when the murder took place.
The official, however, said that a discharge report will be presented before a court and police will follow the court orders.
The police had registered a murder and terrorism case against the nominated persons including PML-N candidate for chairman of Dhamial’s union council 86 for killing Shoab Iqbal on December 5.
He was gunned down when the candidate intervened to settle a dispute at a women’s polling booth during the local government elections in Rawalpindi.
Commenting on the development, Basharat Raja said he could not comprehend why the suspects were being discharged after being kept in custody for 38 days. He said he had full confidence in the court.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 31st, 2016.
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