KARACHI: The Karachi police have raided the residence of Former SeniorSuperintendent Police (SSP) Malir, Rao Anwar on Monday but could not arrestthe ex-police officer for he was not there.
Media reports said that two other people have been arrested during the raidand they were being interrogated.The development came after Rao Anwar – accused of the extrajudicial murderof Naqeebullah Mehsud – refused to appear before the inquiry committeeconstituted to investigate the Mehsud’s murder.
Investigation Officer (IO) Abid Hussain Qaimkhani had directed Rao Anwarand six other police officials to appear before the committee at the officeof Deputy Inspector General (DIG) East on Sunday.
However, Rao Anwar did not complied with the order and said that he wouldnot go to the DIG East Office.
Talking to media, the former SSP said that he had yet not decided to appearin other meetings of the investigation committee.
Naqeebullah Mehsud was recently killed by Rao Anwar and his team in analleged encounter in the jurisdiction of Shah Latif police station inKarachi.
Rao Anwar had claimed that Naqeeb was a terrorist adding that he hadsubstantial evidence supporting his claim.
However, Naqeebullah’s family, friends and acquaintances – who said thatNaqeebullah was fond of taking selfies and wanted to become a model – havecategorically denied the claim.