An anti-terrorism court docket in Karachi Tuesday framed fees towards seven police personnel, together with former station home officer (SHO) Amanullah Marwat, in a high-profile case associated to the killing of aspiring mannequin Naqeebullah Mehsud in a “staged encounter”.
“Encounter specialist” and former Malir SSP Rao Anwar alongside along with his crew gunned down Mehsud — a 27-year-old native of South Waziristan —and three others on January 13, 2018, dubbing them militants affiliated with a banned outfit. The alleged “police encounter” had triggered an outpouring of condemnations on social media and countrywide protests by civil society towards Anwar and his crew.
Then-army chief Basic (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa had met Mehsud’s father and guaranteed him of justice. Nonetheless, the court docket had acquitted Anwar and 18 others within the Mehsud homicide case final 12 months.
Through the course of right this moment’s proceedings, the ATC summoned all of the witnesses on the following listening to because the accused denied all the costs. These indicted within the case embody Gada Hussain, Sadaqat Hussain, Riaz Ahmed, Raja Shamim, Abbas and Shoaib.
In accordance with the prosecution, six of the accused, together with the previous SHO, have been in police custody whereas one named Shoaib alias “shooter” was having fun with bail.
The case
Anwar had declared Naqeebullah a terrorist after information of the faux encounter aired on tv on January 18, 2018.
A case on the incident was filed on the following day (January 19), whereas Anwar was suspended from responsibility the following day.
The Supreme Court docket had ordered Anwar to seem on January 27, however the suspended SSP remained on the run for no less than two months.
Circumstances have been filed towards 24 accused within the homicide case of Naqeebullah. Out of the depend, 11 had been arrested whereas 13 others have been absconding.
A Joint Investigation Workforce (JIT) shaped beneath the directives of the Supreme Court docket discovered the suspended Malir SSP liable for the killing of Mehsud and three others in an alleged encounter in Karachi.
The usage of geo-fencing expertise has established Anwar’s presence on the time of the incident.
He was additionally current with Naqeebullah when the youth was arrested, and the place he was saved throughout captivity, sources near the JIT had revealed.