Police on Friday raided a house in Rawalpindi to arrest two men allegedly involved in former premier Benazir BhuttoÂ’s assasination case, reported a private television channel.According to Geo News, police raided the house of Qari Shabbir Rabbani in the Koh-e-noor Mills area to arrest a Pakistani and an Afghan national allegedly involved in BenazirÂ’s murder. The two men, however, managed to flee before the police raid. The channel reported that police later launched a search operation in all of Rawalpindi city for their arrest.
Zardari: Meanwhile, caretaker Interior Minister Lt Gen (r) Hamid Nawaz Khan said on Friday the Scotland Yard team wants to meet BenazirÂ’s husband, Asif Ali Zardari, News One television channel reported.
Khan denied reports that Pakistan had determined the jurisdiction of the British team, and said the British government had done this prior to the teamÂ’s arrival in Pakistan. He said Indian intelligence agency RAWÂ’s involvement in the recent suicide bombing could not be ruled out. Meanwhile, British High Commissioner Robert Brinkley said the Scotland Yard team would provide forensic and other technical assistance to the Pakistani investigation teams probing BenazirÂ’s assassination. The British team is also re-viewing video clips and pictures recorded at the time of the incident in Rawalpindi, Online reported. Also on Friday, three new members of the Scotland Yard team visited the crime scene where Benazir was assassinated, police sources said.