KARACHI: The police have contacted the Political Agents of Waziristan to cooperate with the investigation regarding the identification of an alleged suicide bomber in the attack on Karachi’s Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine.
A team is reported to have been prepared to head to Waziristan.
The alleged suicide bomber, Badshah Khan (son of Muhammad Shafi), was identified by his computerised national identity card that he had used to enter the shrine and after his fingerprints were verified.
A police team, led by Crime Investigation Department (CID) DSP Mazhar Mashwani, has also been alerted for a possible visit to Ladha, Waziristan, to help with the investigation.
Meanwhile, a report prepared by the CID said that Badshah Khan had perpetuated the second attack on the shrine, using eight to 10 kilogrammes (kg) of explosives as compared to four to eight kilogrammes used in the first attack.
The report has also disclosed that explosive material was similar to that used in the Data Darbar and Karbala Gamay Shah imambarghah blasts in which RDF and TNT had been used.
Naseebullah speaks out
“My reputation is tarnished,” claims 15-year-old Naseebullah - the alive ‘suicide bomber’ of the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine blast.
In an exclusive interview to Express News on Thursday, he described what happened to him after he returned home. “I was taken by the police later at 7 pm and they kept me at the station till midnight,” he said. They took me around telling officials that they have found me and that I am alive but they kept abusing me as well, he went on to say. “They abused me just because I am poor.”
His family claims that Naseebullah’s brothers and father were subjected to torture by security agencies during the investigations. Naseebullah’s father said that after his son returned home alive and well, the agencies were left stunned as they had initially identified him as one of the suicide bombers.
Meanwhile, Naseebullah explained why he had ‘disappeared’ on the day of the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine blast. He said that instead of going home he had stayed at his uncle’s because he was unwell while returning from work.
He appealed for action to be taken against the police official who labelled the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine suicide bomber without any verification.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 15th, 2010.
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