BB murder case: Murder site was washed after collecting evidences, court told
Incident site was washed after collecting 'all' evidence, says district emergency officer.
Photo file of Benazir Bhutto. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
RAWALPINDI:
Two main prosecution witnesses in Benazir Bhutto’s murder case on Thursday apprised the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-I) that the crime scene was washed off after collecting all necessary evidences as per the practice followed in such incidents.
District Emergency Officer Dr Abdul Rehman and Firefighting Officer Ghulam Muhammad Naz appeared before ATC Special Judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman for cross-questioning and informed that if the incident site was not cleansed in a timely fashion, the law and order situation would have worsened.
They said it had been a practice of the city’s concerned departments that the sites of bomb blasts or suicide attacks were washed off within 90 to 105 minutes aimed at avoiding public provocation.
Ghulam Muhammad Naz said that when he reached the incident site, the SHO, security personnel and police team were busy collecting evidence from the site. “When all evidence was collected from the site, the fire brigade washed off the area after receiving orders.”
Dr Abdul Rehman informed the court that there was no negligence as all evidence was gathered with due care.
He said law and order situation in the city could have worsened, if the blood spots and wreckage of destroyed items were not removed from the site.
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Senior Public Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ahmed and counsel for former police officials Malik Rafiq accused former city police officer Syed Saud Aziz and former superintendent of Rawal Town Police.
Malik Rafiq asked various questions from the prosecution witnesses about hosing down the crime scene.
Former prime minister Bhutto was martyred in Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 22nd, 2013.
Two main prosecution witnesses in Benazir Bhutto’s murder case on Thursday apprised the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-I) that the crime scene was washed off after collecting all necessary evidences as per the practice followed in such incidents.
District Emergency Officer Dr Abdul Rehman and Firefighting Officer Ghulam Muhammad Naz appeared before ATC Special Judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman for cross-questioning and informed that if the incident site was not cleansed in a timely fashion, the law and order situation would have worsened.
They said it had been a practice of the city’s concerned departments that the sites of bomb blasts or suicide attacks were washed off within 90 to 105 minutes aimed at avoiding public provocation.
Ghulam Muhammad Naz said that when he reached the incident site, the SHO, security personnel and police team were busy collecting evidence from the site. “When all evidence was collected from the site, the fire brigade washed off the area after receiving orders.”
Dr Abdul Rehman informed the court that there was no negligence as all evidence was gathered with due care.
He said law and order situation in the city could have worsened, if the blood spots and wreckage of destroyed items were not removed from the site.
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Senior Public Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ahmed and counsel for former police officials Malik Rafiq accused former city police officer Syed Saud Aziz and former superintendent of Rawal Town Police.
Malik Rafiq asked various questions from the prosecution witnesses about hosing down the crime scene.
Former prime minister Bhutto was martyred in Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 22nd, 2013.