Register case against Rangers official for killing Zeeshan: Sister

Says official should be severely punished.

KARACHI: The sister of the man who was killed by a Rangers official on February 28 submitted a petition at city court in Karachi demanding that a First Information Report be registered against the main accused, Express News reported on Saturday.

While talking to the media, the sister stated that the body of her brother, identified as Zeeshan, will not be buried until a case is registered against the Rangers official.

She also demanded that the Rangers official responsible for the death of her brother be punished severely.

On February 28, Rangers personnel had shot dead an unarmed young man reportedly mistaking him for a kidnapper.

Two Rangers personnel deployed in the Nagan Chowrangi area of Karachi saw the young man, 30-year-old Zeeshan, fighting with and slapping a woman, later identified as his estranged wife. They had fired warning shots, but Zeeshan was unmoved by the firing. Therefore, in an attempt to arrest the man, one of them had opened straight fire, killing the man and injuring his wife.

Rangers official called in for physical remand

Later on Saturday, the Rangers official identified by the name of Reham Noor was given a notice to appear in court on Sunday for a physical remand, Express News reported.

The investigation police said that they have taken four witnesses' testimonies into account to carry forward the investigation process.

According to Express News, Zeeshan's wife also said that her husband was trying to kidnap her and the Rangers official made the right decision to shoot at him.

‘Extra-judicial killings’

Zeeshan is not the first unarmed man killed by the paramilitary force in Karachi. Three similar incidents have occurred in the metropolis during the last three years where unarmed citizens, Sarfaraz Shah, Ghulam Haider and Mureed alias Murad, were shot and killed by them.

Former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had taken the suo motu notice of the previous cases. An anti-terrorism court (ATC) had announced the judgment in the Sarfaraz Shah case.  Another ATC has reserved the verdict in the extrajudicial killing of Haider, while the case of the murder of Mureed, a taxi driver, is still pending before the ATC.

The legal heirs of Sarfaraz and Mureed have pardoned the suspects and reached a compromise with the paramilitary force. The Sindh High Court, however, rejected the comprise application in the Sarfaraz Shah case and upheld the punishment of four convicts, while acquitted one officer due to lack of evidence.