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| Mom sez it's Asif... |
| 2002-12-22 |
| Police handed over the body of Asif Ramzi to his mother and wife on Saturday after his identity was established. The remains of another body were identified as those of Amir Memon, a resident of Kharadar. These remains were handed over to Mr Memon's father, Haji Amanullah. The mother of Asif Ramzi, Hajra Bibi, and his wife, Sofia Ramzi, were approached on Saturday by the police who took them to the Edhi morgue, near Sohrab Goth. There the remains of Asif Ramzi were shown to them. Hajra Bibi and Sofia Ramzi both observed the remains in detail and ultimately recognized them as of Asif Ramzi. Sofia Ramzi positively identified him after looking at the foot, which was similar to his mother's foot. Hajra Bibi, who also examined the remains closely, was convinced that they were the remains of her son. She also recognized her son from the left foot. She said the mark on her son's foot was similar to the mark of her own foot. Why am I not buying this? Why do I feel like it's a ringer, some drunk they found in an alley? Abdur Rasheed, the brother-in-law of Asif Ramzi, told Dawn that they were confused on Friday and had failed to recognize the remains. He stated there was no pressure from the police, or any other law-enforcement agency, and had made their statement without duress. That's why. Talking to reporters, Hajra Bibi said the police had picked up some family-members of Asif Ramzi and put them behind bars at Surjani Town police station for a month to force her son to surrender. She called her son a 'mujahid' and said the police actually sat inside her house in civvies to trap Asif. "I'm so proud of him, I could just explode!" Fayyaz Leghari, the DIG Investigations, said: "We are now sure that it was Asif Ramzi, as his mother and wife have identified him. We have obtained samples from the mother and also the remains of Ramzi and we may go through DNA tests to rule out all the other possibilities." I think I'd certainly go through the DNA samples, because I wouldn't trust Asif's family for 30 seconds... He said three of the dead had been identified so far and there could be one or two more, who are yet to be identified as the bodies were in pieces and it was difficult even to count them. "Awright, dammit! We have six spleens, four left feet, two and a half heads, and ten elbows. How many bodies does that make?" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |