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| Killer kop beats it |
| 2002-05-04 |
| Inspector Zeeshan Kazmi, an absconding accused in the Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case, escaped on Friday from the district and sessions court of East after being denied the pre-arrest bail. Oh, c'mon... The shirt of Inspector Kazmi was torn off as he scuffled with a cop and the court staff to flee the scene when Judge Ali Sain Dino Matlo rejected his bail application and ordered his arrest. He's watched a lot of action movies, hasn't he? The police official rushed out of the courtroom and fled away with his associates on motorcycles, leaving behind his shirt, official pistol and two magazines, national identity card, service card and Rs3,520. Well, he won't get far without his pistol, by Gawd! According to sources, Inspector Kazmi, a proclaimed offender in the Murtaza Bhutto murder case, reached the trial court around 11:45am along with his attorney and moved the application for the bail before arrest. The judge, however, dismissed the bail plea, observing: "Since the accused person has been absconding for more than five years and he was declared a proclaimed offender, he is remanded to custody and this application having become infructuous is dismissed". Guess the judge wasn't dropped on his head, at least. How did the guy stay absconded for five years and still retain his ID car, gun, etc., etc.? The court also observed that the accused escaped from the court by fighting with the court staff and police guard. Ummm... Yeah. That's probably screw up any bail application. ASI Abbas Khan pounced on Inspector Zeeshan Kazmi and grabbed him as he tried to run away after the dismissal of his bail application. Inspector Kazmi grappled with the ASI, who was also joined by two peons of the court, they said. However, the sources said, the accused succeeded in his struggle and fled, though he had to leave behind his shirt, containing his cards and cash, and the loaded official pistol. All his belongings were seized on the court orders, they said. Chief Inspector-in-chief Fatty Arbuckle supervised the proceedings. Mir Murtaza Bhutto, son of late prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was killed along with six others, including his close aide, Ashiq Jatoi, in September 1996 by a heavy contingent of police during an alleged shootout. Besides Asif Ali Zardari, the spouse of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, former DIG of Karachi, Dr Shoaib Suddle; the then senior superintendent of police, South, Wajid Durrani; former chief of the Intelligence Bureau, Masood Sharif; ASPs Shahid Hiyat and Rai Tahir; and former SHOs, Agha Jameel and Shabbir Qaimkhani are accused in the case. The accused seriously screwed up a hit ordered at the highest levels. Bad move. Almost all the accused, including Asif Ali Zardari, have obtained bail in this case, which is being tried inside the jail. The case was transferred to the district and sessions judge, East, in September last year after Judge Yasmin Abbasi of Small Case Court had refused to try the case due to 'non-cooperation of the prosecution and defence lawyers'. "You got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! An' I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |