Death in custody: Jail authorities submit report

The deceased was a patient of diabetes and died after a wound on his leg deteriorated, says report

KARACHI: Jail authorities submitted on Saturday a report to an anti-terrorism court (ATC) about a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker, Mehmood Khan, who died in police custody on August 28.

The report, moved by the Central jail superintendent, read that the deceased was a patient of diabetes and died after a wound on his leg deteriorated. Khan, a fire brigade department employee, was facing seven cases pertaining to May 12, 2007, riots and possessing illicit weapons registered at two police stations, Airport and Surjani Town.

The report stated that the suspect was admitted to a government hospital on August 25 this year. However, he succumbed to his wounds three days later. The jail authorities also asked the court to remove Khan's name from the cases he was implicated in as a formality to maintain the prosecution data. The judge, after approving the report, summoned the investigation officer of the case to submit his comments on October 5.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 25^th, 2016.