Photo of Rangers personnel. PHOTO: AFP
The Rangers and police presented the accused, along with the murder weapon, in the city court of district Central. The court granted a two-day physical remand of the paramilitary soldier to the police. A large contingent of Rangers and police was present in the courtroom, while a lawyer of the Rangers also appeared before the judge.
Zeeshan, 30, was shot dead in the Nagan Chowrangi area on Friday when he was engaged in a brawl with his estranged wife. An FIR No. 84/14 was registered at the New Karachi police station on behalf of the victim’s wife, Shafia, and the sections of murder by accident, kidnapping and torture were included in the FIR. The FIR was, however, rejected by the victim’s family who protested the incident and asked to register a new FIR regarding the incident.
After repeated assurances by the police, the victim’s family ended their sit-in at Nagan Chowrangi. “Our demands were justified. We just asked them to name both the Rangers personnel and Shafia in the FIR as the Rangers’ man opened fire on Zeeshan after Shafia asked him to do so,” Zeeshan’s sister told The Express Tribune. “We know that the police will try to protect the Rangers’ soldier and Shafia but we have faith in God and the courts.”
Though the police have added their supplementary statement in the FIR, they are also looking for the courts’ orders regarding the registration of a new FIR by Zeeshan’s family. “A supplementary statement has been added in the FIR and we will include Shafia in the investigation and arrest her if found guilty,” said DSP Mohammad Fayyaz, while speaking to The Express Tribune. “If the court orders a new FIR, we will have to remove the first and register a new one.”
Meanwhile, the funeral prayers of the deceased were offered near his residence in North Karachi after Zuhr prayers on Sunday. The funeral was attended by a large number of people and he was laid to rest in Mohammad Shah graveyard in North Karachi.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 3rd, 2014.
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It is very unfortunate that the case has been registered against Rangers personnel for his accidental fire, which resulted in the killing of a man, who was giving beatings to his estranged wife publicly. No one dare to come to rescue the woman, but when the Ranger took the side, he is blamed for having killed his intentionally. This means, whenever anything happens wrong in front of eyes of law enforcing agencies, they should not intervene, and in that case, again there will be a big hue and cry from media and public that law enforcing agency personnel did not stop such wrong actions in front of their eyes. Nowadays, the law enforcing agencies personnel are facing undue criticism, which will badly affect their morale and this cannot be a good omen for maintaining peace and security, specially in the troubled city of Karachi.
Brawl ...... what brawl. I can tell you sitting hundred of miles away that the dead one was beating on her and thought he was invincible. According to the witnesses people tried to stop him and that enraged him even more. Ranger intervened but unfortunately it got out of control, most likely the Ranger did the right thing and did not have a choice in the heat of things.