ISLAMABAD -Former SSP Rao Anwar breaks silence over the US blacklisting.
Former Malir senior superintendent of police Rao Anwar claimed that UnitedStates’ move to blacklist him for human rights abuses was an attempt to”divert attention from the struggle for occupied Kashmir”.
In a video that surfaced on social media on Wednesday, a day after the USannounced its move, the former police official — known infamously asan encounter specialist’ link and accused ofinvolvement in nearly 200 phoney encounters — said: “I was an SSP of thepolice force and we fight against terrorists. There were nearly 400, 500 or440 terrorists [who were killed]. There is not a single complaint againstme that I killed anyone out of greed or in a fake encounter.
“Even today, two years after my removal, there has been no complaint.”
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Anwar demanded the US government to “apologise or prove” the chargesagainst him. He added that he would file a case in Washington against themove through his lawyer and also write a letter to the US embassy.
