A source close to the investigations said yesterday three senior officials investigating Pearl’s abduction received a number of calls on Feb. 20 warning them of "dire consequences" if they did not stop chasing them. "They told the investigators how many children each one of them have, when they go to school, which mode of transport they use for going to school and returning back home and where their families go for shopping," the source said. "They had very minute and precise information about the activities of their family members," the source said. "The investigators were alarmed and informed the interior minister (Moinhuddin Haider)." The callers used the mobile phone of Pearl.
"Mahmud!"
"Yes, Inspector?"
"Drop the case. We shall go on traffic patrol instead."That is why the Italians in going after the Mafia in Sicily pull in investigators, police, and judges from other areas of the country. You really can't blame the local gendarmerie from getting ill when their kids get threatened by the same guys who are cutting victims throats.
Posted by Tom Roberts 2/24/2002 5:23:16 PM |