Murtaza Bhutto

A: There might be about 10-15 blind FIRs, and in case no evidence was
available, some people were let off under Sections 169, 497 of CrPC.
Q: Were these blind FIRs of the period prior to your taking over as SHO or
after you took over as SHO?
A: They were prior to my taking over as SHO, except one or two after my
posting.
Q: How many informers you had in Khokhrapar?
A: There are about four or five.
At this stage, Suleman Habibullah, counsel for the SHO, objected to asking
particulars of the informers which was not safe for them and the names and
addresses of the relatives of Zeeshan, which might pose a threat to them from
the terrorists.
The tribunal asked the counsel why he was raising objections to the
retrospective evidence which had already come on record. The chairman said
he should have objected to the questions when they were asked.
Q: Whenever a SHO is transferred and a new one takes his place, does he get
the benefit of the informers associated with the outgoing SHO?
A: The new SHO is briefed about the informers.
Q: How do you verify the correctness of the information given by the
informers?
A: They are generally correct.
Q: In the case of Ali Sonara, did the informer give the names of witnesses to
support his information?
A: No, the informers had overheard some killers talking among themselves in
a restaurant.
Q: Was it not necessary to arrest those killers also?
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