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| Police say Zahirud Din killed in firing by his companion |
| 2010-08-07 |
| The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police took a U-turn on Thursday regarding the killing of an alleged terrorist Zahirud Din in G-8 on Wednesday and claimed that his own fellow shot him dead. Daily Times has learnt that Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police (operations) Binyamin was also seen at the time of operation against the alleged terrorists. The police in a press release issued on Wednesday claimed that Constable Muhammad Anwar opened fire on the fleeing terrorists. One fire hit on the head of one of the terrorists while the police team overpowered the other, while the third one managed to escape under the cover of fire. After that Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tahir Alam announced in a press conference that Zahir was a terrorist and he had links with robber Nanu Guraya. He also said Zahir wanted to murder Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Later on, a First Information Report (FIR) No 450 was registered with Margalla Police Station under sections 324/353, 186, 13/20/65 and 7ATA in which police claimed that Zahirud Din died in firing by his companions. The crime diary issued by Inspector Muhammad Ashraf, reader of SSP Islamabad clearly mentions it, which contradicts earlier press release of police and the SSP's claim in his press conference. On Thursday police again issued a press release claiming that they have arrested several people after the surprising revelations by the person arrested during encounter on Wednesday. According to the press release, the DIG (Operations) said police had obtained seven days physical remand of nabbed person Rana Zafar Iqbal from the court concerned and several arrests have been made after the information provided by him during the preliminary investigation. The persons who witnessed the Wednesday operation told Daily Times that the DIG operation was already present at the place of incident. They said Zaheerud Din came there alone and after seeing the police he tried to escape. They said on this the DIG ordered police to shoot him on the legs but the police official shot him on the head. Only one bullet was fired at the place of incident so police claim that they exchanged fires with terrorists was totally wrong, they said on condition of anonymity. |
| Posted by:Fred |