Fake encounter: No signs of crossfire found

Inquiry team found no bullet marks or blood stains in or outside house where police claim encounter took place

RAWALPINDI: A high-level police inquiry, probing the killing of two brothers in an alleged police encounter, concluded their investigations on Saturday and left for Lahore to submit their report to Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, it has been learnt.

The inquiry team comprising DIG Abu Bakar Khuda Bakhsh, SSP Raja Faisal and SSP Liaquat had visited the crime scene and the house of deceased Irfan and Waseem.



They photographed the house and its surrounding streets where the alleged encounter took place on February 22 when RA Bazaar SHO Malik Sajid and constable Shahzeb were reportedly shot at.

The inquiry team reportedly found no bullet marks or blood stains in or outside the house where the police claim the encounter took place.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 5^th, 2017.