Murtaza Bhutto

DURRANI SHIFTED TO BUNGALOW
KARACHI, Nov 25, 1996: Wajid Ali Durrani, a former SSP-South, was shifted
from the Karachi central jail to a bungalow, declared sub-jail, in a posh
locality of District South, sources told Dawn on Monday. He has been on
police remand since his arrest on Nov 10, but was remanded in the jail
custody on Sunday. He had appealed to the court that since his life was in
danger in the jail, he should be given in police custody. On his request, he
was shifted to a bungalow which has been declared sub-jail and police guards
have been posted there.
Mr Durrani was arrested on Nov 10 following an FIR registered earlier
against him and nine other officials allegedly involved in the Sept 20 shooting
outside 70-Clifton, in which Mir Murtaza Bhutto and seven of his colleagues
were killed. Mr Durrani was placed under suspension on Oct 15 and
transferred to the central police office. According to Khwaja Sharful Islam,
Durrani's lawyer, rangers had taken him into their custody on Nov 5. But his
formal arrest was declared on Nov 10 when the Clifton police arrested and
escorted him to the women police station.
During cross-examination last week, a judge of the Inquiry Tribunal, headed
by Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid, objected to his lodging in the women police
station. Consequently, he was shifted to the Drigh Road police station,
whereas Masood Sharif, a former IB chief, had been taken to the women
police station. He will be lodged in the sub-jail till the challan against him was
submitted in the court, said a police official.
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