Anti-terrorism investigators from Scotland Yard delivered a confidential report of their preliminary findings of Benazir BhuttoÂ’s killing to President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, according to a report published in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday. Separately, Daily Times learnt that two more Scotland Yard detectives arrived in Islamabad to join the five-member team already probing BenazirÂ’s assassination. According to AFP, the two detectives are also joined by an expert in the type of explosives used in the gun-and-bomb attack against BenazirÂ’s rally.
Meanwhile, APP reported that the Scotland Yard team has established a camp office at a police guesthouse situated at Police Lines Rawalpindi. Some of the detectives are expected to visit Rawalpindi on Thursday (today), to be briefed on the Liaquat Bagh incident.
Daily Times, meanwhile, learnt that two government officials attached to the Rawalpindi Police Investigation team probing the murder case reached Lahore and visited the forensic laboratory on Wednesday.
Four in Lahore: Also, four members of the investigating team reached Lahore and it was learnt that they would likely visit the cityÂ’s Forensic Science Laboratory today. According to Dawn News, the lab is examining crucial evidence, including a missed bullet and a 30-bore pistol recovered from the bombing site. The examination is aimed at discovering whether the ammunition recovered matches the pistol. According to Aaj TV, the team is also expected to meet officials of the Punjab police.
Post-mortem request: Separately, the Scotland Yard team has requested the government to allow them to perform a post-mortem on Benazir Bhutto, reported Sama TV. The channel quoted Interior Ministry sources as saying that the investigators have requested an autopsy to ascertain the real causes of the assassination. It said the team had also expressed indignation about the non-cooperation of the Punjab police. One member of the team has left for Britain to analyse some evidence in the laboratories there, it added.