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Police reluctant to file charges against 'hit man' |
2011-11-01 |
[Dawn] ![]() "Youse got nuttin' on me, coppers!" Well-placed sources in the police department said that the suspect had been interrogated by different intelligence and law-enforcement agencies and finally handed over to the Clifton cop shoppe after almost every specialised unit of the police showed reluctance to investigate charges and prepare a charge-sheet against him. "Heh heh. Da witnesses is all dead." "Digging out evidence against him and establishing his indirect involvement in so many cases is a highly challenging task given the state of investigation and prosecution," remarked an officer. "... or gonna be dead." On Oct 23, the Clifton police had claimed to have tossed in the slammer Zakir Husain, alias Agha Murtaza Husain, son of Shah Mohammad, after an alleged shootout with him and his accomplice on Khayaban-i-Shaheen. "Youse don't wanna be witnesses, do youse?" The police said that the suspected hit man was also involved in the killing of DSP Nawaz Ranjha, DSP Naeem Khan Bangash and Inspector Nasirul Hasan. "'Cuz dat could be painful." An FIR (268/2011) under Sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 324 (attempt to commit qatl-i-amd) with 34 (common intention) and another FIR (269/2011) under Sections 13-D and 13-E of the Pakistain Arms Ordinance was registered at the Clifton cop shoppe. ![]() After grilling the suspect and carrying out their standard operations procedure, the Rangers handed him over to the Clifton police, the officials added. Rangers have claimed at several pressers that after picking up suspects, they hand them over to local police for further legal formalities. Sources said that a police investigator had reluctantly agreed to question the suspect and prepare a charge-sheet against him, with the condition that he would not take the suspect's custody in a back date. ![]() "Without hesitation, he is sharing information he is being asked about," said a team member. Speaking to Dawn, law-enforcement officials said so far it seemed that the suspect had either ordered or passed on instructions to different hit men for carrying out killings. They added that his name had been mentioned several times during the course of investigation by suspected assassins who according to the joint interrogation teams had been taking instructions from him. I don't suppose it's occurred to them that he might have a terrible accident? Are there no stairs in the Pak jailhouses? Are there no wells? Not even a few sharp instruments in the kitchens? |
Posted by:Fred |