Extrajudicial killing: ‘FIRs against Shah false’
Police ask court to file two more cases against initial complainants.
KARACHI:
The two cases lodged against Sarfaraz Shah, who was shot by Rangers personnel, have been proven false, The Express Tribune has learnt.
A senior investigator said that the police are going to nominate sub-inspector Baharuddin and a civilian, Afsar Khan — the complainants of the two FIRs lodged against the victim — in two more cases. The police are planning on going to the apex court to remove the cases against Shah and reverse them against the complainants.
On June 8, six Rangers personnel shot and killed Shah inside Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park in Boat Basin. Within two hours, two cases were registered at Boat Basin police station. In FIR No. 225/11, Afsar Khan said that Shah was trying to rob a man named Alam Zaib and his family and, in FIR No. 226/11, Baharuddin said that Shah had an illegal weapon.
It has been confirmed that both these cases are false, said a senior officer, requesting anonymity. “We are neither empowered to drop these cases nor can we lodge cases against the two complainants,” he told The Express Tribune.
“We will request the court to declare the two cases against Shah as ‘B’ class and dismiss them. In fact, the complainants must be charged for recording false testimonies in order to prove that Shah was a robber.”
DIG West Sultan Khawaja, who is heading the probe team, was not available for comment. The victim’s brother, Salik Shah, who is a television reporter, said that the investigators told him that the charges against his brother have been proven false. “The complainants will now be charged for giving false information in two cases,” he said.
Shah’s family registered FIR No. 227/11 against six Rangers personnel and two civilians, Afsar and Alam Zaib. All the accused are in police custody. After he submitted the challan, SSP East Zone II Niaz Khosa went back to his office. “My job was to only submit the challan,” he told The Express Tribune.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 20th, 2011.
The two cases lodged against Sarfaraz Shah, who was shot by Rangers personnel, have been proven false, The Express Tribune has learnt.
A senior investigator said that the police are going to nominate sub-inspector Baharuddin and a civilian, Afsar Khan — the complainants of the two FIRs lodged against the victim — in two more cases. The police are planning on going to the apex court to remove the cases against Shah and reverse them against the complainants.
On June 8, six Rangers personnel shot and killed Shah inside Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park in Boat Basin. Within two hours, two cases were registered at Boat Basin police station. In FIR No. 225/11, Afsar Khan said that Shah was trying to rob a man named Alam Zaib and his family and, in FIR No. 226/11, Baharuddin said that Shah had an illegal weapon.
It has been confirmed that both these cases are false, said a senior officer, requesting anonymity. “We are neither empowered to drop these cases nor can we lodge cases against the two complainants,” he told The Express Tribune.
“We will request the court to declare the two cases against Shah as ‘B’ class and dismiss them. In fact, the complainants must be charged for recording false testimonies in order to prove that Shah was a robber.”
DIG West Sultan Khawaja, who is heading the probe team, was not available for comment. The victim’s brother, Salik Shah, who is a television reporter, said that the investigators told him that the charges against his brother have been proven false. “The complainants will now be charged for giving false information in two cases,” he said.
Shah’s family registered FIR No. 227/11 against six Rangers personnel and two civilians, Afsar and Alam Zaib. All the accused are in police custody. After he submitted the challan, SSP East Zone II Niaz Khosa went back to his office. “My job was to only submit the challan,” he told The Express Tribune.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 20th, 2011.