Karak murder case: CJ suspects police complicity in murder of victim’s brother

Seconds inquiry report submitted by investigation team.

PESHAWAR:


Peshawar High Court (PHC) Chief Justice (CJ) on Tuesday pointed at the police for complicity in the killing of a rape victim’s brother in Karak.


The victim could not have been gunned down on court premises without complicity of the Karak police, nor could the killers have fled from the crime scene, Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan remarked, seconding the findings of a report of the investigation team headed by DIG Idrees Khan. The final inquiry report of the murder case was presented to the court.

Chief Justice Khan asked a slew of questions related to Jahanzeb’s murder, all pointing towards the involvement of Karak police in facilitating the killers, while hearing the murder case. He questioned why Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Muhammad Subhan and the police contingent did not fire a single shot at the assailant when he shot at Jahanzeb in their presence. The police could have easily apprehended the ASI, while he was recording the procession against the judiciary, the CJ said.

“How could the ASI be produced before the court without handcuffs and allowed to deliver a speech to a public gathering outside the court in the presence of the police?”


CJ Khan directed the investigation team to retrieve memory cards of Jahanzeb’s mobile from the SI who confiscated them as they contain pictures and videos of speeches and even the murder incident. He said DPO Sajid Muhammad should be interrogated for not cooperating in the investigation of the case.

CJ Khan remarked that since DNA and other forensic tests are essential to fix criminal liabilities, the investigation team has been given time to get the results of the DNA. The rape victim, Saima* is in an advanced stage of her pregnancy and the baby is likely to be delivered in a few days. The CJ also issued show-cause notices to four persons including ASI Hakim Shah, Malik Ghali Bostan, Malik Haqdad Khan and Maulana Irshad Nawaz for threatening the lower judiciary and chanting sectarian slogans.

Saima’s mother told the Express Tribune they were being threatened and hoped after all their sacrifices, justice would be served. The accused say they would not let us live in Karak, she said.

SSP Atiqullah Wazir told the Express Tribune that Jahanzeb had incriminating evidence against the accused but unfortunately he was killed.

Names have been changed to protect identity

Published in The Express Tribune, January 18th, 2012. 
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