Murtaza Bhutto

III. That on return from said public meeting, when Mir Murtaza Bhutto in
Pajero jeep of Ashique Hussain Jatoi, driven by Ashique Hussain Jatoi himself
and his companions named above and others reached at the distance of about
100 meters from main gate of 70-Clifton, on Shahra-i-Iran, 80/100 police
personnel, duly armed with automatic weapons, had already taken positions
at the place of incident. The police officers namely Wajid Durrani SSP South
Karachi, Shahid Hayat ASP Saddar, ASP Darakhshan (Name not known) Haq
Nawaz Sial SHO Clifton, Zeeshan Kazmi SHO Khokhrapar, SHO Garden
(name not known), Agha Jamil SHO Nepair signalled the convoy to stop. As
soon as the convoy stopped and Mir Murtaza Bhutto lowered the window
pane of Pajero jeep, the said police officers shouted "fire" whereupon, Yar
Muhammad Baloch, Wajahat Jokhio and Sajjad Haider rushed towards Mir
Murtaza Bhutto to provide cover around him but in the meanwhile the police
started target shooting, killing Yar Mohammad Baloch, Sajjad Haider Gakhro,
Wajahat Jokhio and Ashique Hussain Jatoi, Mohammed Rahim Brohi, and
Abdul Sattar Rajpar on the spot and critically injured Mir Murtaza Bhutto,
Ayaz Dayo, Israil, Bachal, Asghar and doctor Mazahar Memon.
IV. That the accused police personnel left Mir Murtaza Bhutto and the above
named injured to profusely bleed at the place of incident for about 50 minutes
and then Mir Murtaza Bhutto was taken to nearby Mideast Hospital and
others were taken to Jinnah Post Graduate medical Centre Karachi. Mir
Murtaza breathed his last at about 23.55 hrs and Bachal succumbed to injuries
next day at JPMC.
V. That on the same day at about 1600 hours Shaheed Mir Murtaza Bhutto
while addressing a Press conference at 70-Clifton, had disclosed that a
conspiracy is hatched by the government through Shoaib Suddle, DIG
Karachi, Wajid Durrani SSP (South) Karachi and Mohammed Ramzan
Channa SSP CIA Karachi, to arrest him and his workers at large scale on false
and concocted charges, but he had said that they face these atrocities
politically.
VI. That political opponents of Mir Murtaza Bhutto in the federal government
and provincial government of Sindh, jealous of his rising popularity had
conspired to eliminate him and in league with accused police officers named
above and one Maj (Retd) Masood Sharif, a senior officer of Intelligence
Bureau, have murdered Mir Murtaza Bhutto in cold blood, Ashique Jatoi,
Sajjad Haider Gakhro, Wajahat Jokhio, Yar Mohammed Baloch Mohammed
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