Express News screengrab of Zeeshan's sister.
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.
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Wow. His wife looks like Sridevi. She should come and join Bollywood.
@stevenson..there is lot of difference between Pakistan and north America...in karachi police and LEAs are not local,they are imported...from outside karachi...
zeeshan i will miss you so much . RIP :-( still i dont believe you passed away . i cant process anything
@fahad what's wrong with you
In any case Rangers should not allow to fire. Moverover if the Rangers are deployed in city then they should have apply rubber bullets. Rangers are professionals and they are not like us. They have got supper trainings so in my opinion this is such a super idiotic act from Rangers. This is big rubbish act.
Legitimate demand of the sister BUT did she ever tell her brother not to hit his wife. As they say one wrong leads to another.
Not to speak ill of the dead, but what was this odious individual think he was doing slapping a woman ? I can understand the sister's grief but no-one has even mentioned that Zeeshan made a big mistake. You cannot justify hitting an estranged wife or any woman for that matter.
Had I been around, armed with a weapon, and this incident happened in front of me, I cannot say for certain that I wouldn't have pulled the trigger, specially in a place like Karachi.
@Mwaqar...instead of direct hit ,ranger could fired on the leg
why no suo moto? another karachite targeted by unifomed personal....
This incident had all the hallmarks of a real kidnap and abduction. Poor training led to poor judgement of the situation by a foot soldier and the tragedy took place. I have personally listened to the interview of the girl in question who repeatedly claimed that she was screaming for HELP! And according to her no one helped her. Please see the TV footage.
What should the Ranger personnel have done if it was a real KIDNAP ? What would have been the reaction if the abduction carried out by an "unarmed" abductor was carried out and the shooting did not take place?
All those commented.....he was un armed he never shot at the rangers....don't give it ethnic color....it's a simple case of mis conduct by ranger....rangers should have not FIRED.....next they will shoot at students fighting or brawl between neighbor.....prosecute ranger personnel so they know their limits....and if they think they cannot operate within sensible limits pack up and go to border areas
There is NO way the shooting of unarmed civilians can be justified. And that too in a metropolitan city. If the security personel can not apprehend offenders in a non lethal way then they need to go back to their barracks and learn the way to do that effectively.
@Cheema:
Law should prevail and such extra judicial acts should not be justified. Law Enforcement Agencies should not misuse their authority and should be well trained and very careful. There should be a fair trial.
Sirf Altaf.
Case is politically motivated, the media and political parties never cry when innocent people are killed for pity mobile phone by snatchers, A lot of hue and cry will be done on this issue so as to demotivate Law enforcement agencies.
@The Only Normal Person Here: How about going to the SHC with a writ on behalf of the victims. Do it as friend of the innocent, the ordinary, the no ones here and do it as volunteer 'Pro bono publico'. Start a tradition of 'legal-activism' for those citizens who don't know where and who to go. You start and I'm sure the idea would catch up, there are enough talented and qualified young people in this profession who would come forward and try to right the wrongs through the legal system. Come on, do it!
First,I do feel sorry for this tragic incident,but lets look at the facts,warning shots were fired,Zeeshan was observed yelling and slapping his wife,at that point,Rangers did not know if they were married couple,when a couple is behaving like this in public,and its in Karachi,then I think police or Rangers have no choice.Also,seems like Zeeshan had no respect for his wife if he was slapping her in public.OK,fine couples ve arguments all over the World,but a real man will control himself.
This is height of brutality. Having might doesn't mean that you have all the reasons to kill anyone. The ranger's official involved in this should be severely punished. Our judicial system need set up an example before another Sarfaraz, Mureed or Zeeshan is killed!
Its inadequate training that's to be blamed not the security personal
No one should be above the law, I support this.