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India-Pakistan
Naqeebullah murder case: Eyewitness claims 'false' statement was taken under duress
2018-05-15
[DAWN] A witness in a case pertaining to the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud in a police encounter told the court on Monday that a statement establishing the presence of former Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar at the site of the murder was extracted under duress, and that the witness had not been present at the time of the encounter.

Anwar, 11 of his detained subordinates and 14 absconders, have been accused of abducting the Wazoo native shopkeeper and aspiring model Naqeebullah for ransom and later killing him, along with three other detainees, in a staged encounter in 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...
's Malir area on January 13.

Jahangir Shahzada, a head constable, was presented in the Anti-Terrorism Court today by the prosecution as an eyewitness to the staged encounter allegedly led by Anwar. He had previously affirmed the prosecution's version of events.

Posted by:Fred

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