*SAHIWAL: Apprehended Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) officials in theSahiwal shootout case on Thursday denied firing shots at Khalil and membersof his family who were travelling in a car driven by an alleged terrorist.*
In their statement to the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing theincident, the CTD personnel revealed that neither did they open fire at theSahiwal family nor did anyone give them directives to do so.
Responding to a question about how the passengers were killed, thepolicemen said they were shot dead by their associates travelling on amotorcycle. “We retaliated by opening fire at the terrorists.”
Khalil, a resident of Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat, along with his wife Nabeela andteenage daughter Areeba were killed in a shady encounter involving the CTDof Punjab Police on a highway in the Qadirabad area of Sahiwal districtlast week.
Earlier, on Jan 31, Sahiwal vicitm’s brother, Jalil, refused to appearbefore the JIT for the identification parade of CTD officials.
The identification parade was put off for the third time after the maincomplainant in the case didn’t turn up. The JIT will now inform therelevant judicial magistrate in this regard.
On Jan 30, Jalil had appeared before the JIT but refused to be part of theidentification parade.