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| Ex-policeman caught for assisting hit men |
| 2015-04-08 |
[DAWN] KARACHI: The Korangi police on Monday claimed to have incarcerated... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... a former policeman who remained associated with a political party, assisted assassins in their work and also leaked sensitive information to faceless myrmidons about deployment of police commandos leading to the August 2011 Chakra Goth attack that had left four officials dead and many others maimed, a senior officer said. He added that head constable Ausaaf Baig, who had been dismissed from service over a year ago, was arrested in Zaman Town after a suspected killer recently disclosed to police Sherlocks that Baig was the key member of the entire 'target-killing chain'. The policeman used to pass information to gunnies taking advantage of his professional position and also assisted the assassins in their tasks, said SSP Korangi Junaid Sheikh. "Being a policeman he was never questioned for carrying arms so he used to supply arms to his party members for killings," said SSP Korangi Junaid Sheikh. "He directly looked after transfer and postings of SHOs and DSP in Korangi with the support of his party leaders in the government. Between 2008 and 2013 he was the man behind these services, too, as the party he was associated with was a key coalition partner in the provincial government." But the most 'serious' charge the ex-policeman faced was providing assistance to gunnies in the August 2011 attack on a bus carrying police commandoes in Korangi's Chakra Goth, he said. The SSP said it emerged during investigation of a case that Ausaaf Baig had leaked information about the arrival of police commandoes in Chakra Goth in a bus for an 'operation' that led to an attack on the vehicle by gunnies of his party. "Ausaaf Baig in fact passed disinformation to his party members, as the commandoes were not going for any operation but moving in a bus through the area to some other place for regular duty. The attack was one of the worst assaults against the Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... police in recent history," said SSP Sheikh. |
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