Arshad Pappu murder case: Police claim murder footage is authentic, find Kalri officials involved

Court directs the police to produce the arrested suspects on October 19.

KARACHI: Law enforcers submitted a supplementary charge sheet revealing several new facts in the murder case of notorious Lyari gangster Arshad Pappu before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday.

In the supplementary charge sheet, the police determined the roles of inspectors Javed Baloch and Yousuf Baloch. It read that Inspector Javed escaped after the incident and was arrested on September 29 while Inspector Yousuf was sent on judicial remand on September 24 after he was produced before the court.

The charge sheet said that the CD containing the footage of Pappu being tortured and killed was authentic. The fact was determined on the basis of a laboratory report, said the police.



Through a tracker company's record, reads the charge sheet, it is confirmed that a Kalri station police mobile arrived at the scene. SHO Chand Khan Niazi, Inspector Javed and Inspector Yousuf were present in the mobile when the victims were picked up from Defence on March 16. The officials then travelled with the victims to Lyari and handed them over to suspected criminals.

Inspector Javed had reportedly confessed to his involvement in the abduction and murder of Pappu and had given the CD to the police after his arrest.

The police have arrested six suspects, including Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Shahjehan Baloch, Inspector Yousuf, Inspector Javed, Zubair Jan, Zakir Dada and Abdur Rahman in the case so far.

On Monday, the investigating officer of the case, Muhammad Yamin Gujjar, submitted the charge sheet before the ATC-II. The court while accepting the charge sheet directed the police to produce the suspects on October 19.



Published in The Express Tribune, October 15^th, 2013.