KARACHI : Former SSP Malir Rao Anwar on Saturday blamed five of hissub-ordinates for their involvement in the extra-judicial killing of theWaziristan youth, Naqeeb Ullah Mehsud.
The revelation was made by the former Malir SSP on Saturday before the JITformed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and led by AIG Aftab Pathan.
The probe team completed its first session of investigation on Saturday andrecorded the initial statement of Rao Anwar and also visited the tea hotelfrom where Naqeeb Ullah was arrested and recorded the statements of theworkers there.
Recording his statement before the JIT team, the suspended police officerRao Anwar said that five of his sub ordinates are involved in the killingof Naqeeb Ullah Mehsud. He further said that some of the Sindh policeofficials are also hatching a conspiracy against him to frame him in thecase.
Two days back, the former Malir SSP moved the top court to orderconstitution of a new JIT to probe the Naqeebullah Mehsud ‘encounter’ case.
The review petition, filed by Chaudry Akhtar Ali on behalf of Anwar, seeksthe removal of Sindh AIG Aftab Pathan as the JIT head and requests theinclusion of intelligence officials in the team.
Anwar claimed the top court has appointed the “same officer who had earliersupervised investigation and rendered opinion” in the case. The former SSPalso accused Sindh Police of ‘twisting’ facts. On March 21, a three-judgebench headed by CJP Saqib Nisar had ordered the constitution of afive-member JIT team presided over by Sindh AIG Aftab Pathan and comprisingof Zulfiqar Larak, Azad Ahmed Khan and Waliullah.
The bench had also dismissed a request made by Anwar’s counsel to includeintelligence agency officials in the JIT. Informing him that the courtshall constitute its own JIT, it directed the team to work independently.
Till date, investigators have failed to corroborate charges against Anwar.The former SSP has recorded a statement in his defence where he blamedsubordinates for staging a fake encounter. The team has reportedly beenquestioning Anwar on the whereabouts of his team members.