KARACHI: SSP Rao Anwar and other members of his ‘killer team’’ were bookedunder kidnapping, murder and terrorism charges here on Tuesday.
According to FIR, which has been lodged by Muhammad Khan, father ofNaqeebullah Mehsud, in Sachal police station under 365/302/109/344/34charges of the Pakistan Penal Code and Anti Terrorism Act (ATA), Rao Anwarand his team members were responsible for the murder of 27 years oldNaqeebullah.
Anwar has Naqeebullah Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan, and threeothers in an ‘exchange of fire’ on January 13 in Shah Latif Town, Karachi,which was termed by inquiry committee as fake.
On Tuesday several leaders from different political parties, including MNAsfrom FATA visited the Mehsud Jirga. Additional IG Sanullah Abbasi alsovisited the Jirga and announced that encounter has turned out to be stagedand Naqeebullah was innocent.
He also recorded the statement of two friends of Naqeeeb who were pickedalong him.
The suspended police officer’s name was earlier placed on the Exit ControlList (ECL) on the orders of the Supreme Court after it took notice of hisreported attempt to leave the country.
The apex court has also summoned Anwar and senior officials of the Sindhgovernment at the apex court’s Karachi Registry on January 27.
Earlier today, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) foiled Anwar’sattempt to leave the country from the Benazir Bhutto International Airport.
The FIA refused to let Anwar board a Dubai-bound flight around midnight dueto his suspicious travel documents, which included a dubious NOC —reportedly issued by the Sindh government on Jan 20 — a ticket under thename of “Anwar Khan”.
Earlier reports had stated that the suspended SSP was not physicallypresent at the airport but had instead sent his documents through anassociate.
Meanwhile, sources within the Sindh government informed that the provincialgovernment did not issue any NOC to Anwar, adding that the suspended MalirSSP did not ask for any leaves neither was he given one.
Moreover, hearing a separate case today, the Supreme Court Chief JusticeMian Saqib Nisar observed that they have heard reports that Anwar is notappearing before the inquiry committee.
“This is a human rights issue,” the chief justice observed.
The court then summoned Anwar, Sindh IG AD Khawaja and the provincialadvocate general. After ordering the case hearing in Islamabad tomorrow,the apex court amended its earlier directions and stated that the hearingwould take place at the Karachi Registry on January 27.
The inquiry committee probing the case has also been summoned at the nexthearing.
Anwar’s name was also ordered to be placed on the ECL by the apex court.
Earlier, the inquiry committee probing the case had recommended to theInterior Ministry the placement of Anwar’s name on ECL.
Earlier, Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal said that Anwar shouldpresent himself before the inquiry committee probing the incident, and incase if he doesn’t, the committee reserves the right to take action againsthim.
News, Siyal had said that if Anwar has reservations against the committee,the provincial government can inform the Sindh IG about it.
Responding to a question, the home minister said that he doesn’t know whereAnwar is at the moment.
A three-member committee formed to probe the killing found Naqeebullahinnocent and said Anwar’s allegations against Naqeebullah are baseless.