Murtaza Bhutto

Question from Tribunal: Were you given any inducement by any quarter to
say this or that?
A: I was not pressured from any quarter to give any statement.
Q: What is your assessment of the bomb blasts and other terrorist activities by
Murtaza's men which were started before his return to Pakistan in December
1993?
A: Majority of the incidents occurred during Gen Zia's time and later the
number came down because Murtaza had said on his arrival that "we will
carry out political activities and not terrorist activities". Whoever was helping
him, could they digest whatever was happening? Mir Murtaza had taken a
turn around after his return to Pakistan, and in the matter of terrorist
activities the investigators should look for the disgruntled elements in the
party.
Tribunal: Knowing all this, can you give any reason why the people who
were involved were not arrested earlier than the arrest of Ali Sonara?
A: I became involved when the series of bomb blasts occurred. If the
immediate followers had done anything, I would have acted.
Q: You mentioned about dealings in narcotics in Nawabshah. Were FIRs
registered in those cases?
A: The cases were registered at A-Section police station in which the CIA had
acted and my transfer from Nawabshah early in November 1994 was part of
the action taken by the CIA. It was a case relating to possession of heroin, a
substantial quantity of which was found.
Q: Were the men responsible for the drug smuggling belong to the PPP?
A: They had affiliation with the PPP and they were arrested and kept at the
CIA office and a group of people who were against their arrest had
maltreated the CIA staff.
Q: You had stated that Syed Inayat Rind, president of the Nawabshah PPP,
was also involved, and how long was he kept in custody?
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