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Q: Who identified Ashiq Jatoi's body, was he bleeding?
A: Friends and relatives of the deceased identified him in darkness with the
help of lighted match sticks. He was bleeding from his wounds. They also
identified another dead in the ambulance.
Q: How long you remained in the hospital?
A: I returned after the bodies were identified and informed about it to the
DC. When I returned from there, the DC asked me to go home at 3:40 am or 4
am.
Q: When you first arrived at the hospital what was the scene like? Were there
many police and rangers' vehicles and private vehicles and was there a big
rush of people around?
A: There were a sizeable number of police and rangers' vehicles besides
private vehicles and people had been going in and coming out of the hospital,
but the Press corps were standing away as they were not allowed to take
pictures inside at that time.
Q: Did you see important government functionaries like the chief minister,
chief secretary, commissioner, IGP, DIG, home secretary, MNAs or MPAs?
A: I only saw Ms Ghinwa Bhutto and Jatois coming and going, but I did not
see any other important people, like the governor etc, except SSP Durrani and
the DC at about 3:45 am.
Q: Did you come to know about the injured?
A: Another SDM Mohammad Ali Shah, SDM Saddar, was made responsible
for that and he had informed me that three people had been injured.
Q: Did you made any inquiry as to why the dead were not taken to the JPMC
mortuary?
A: I didn't inquire, but as they were not being brought to the mortuary, there
was no proper reply from the police and they had been evading a direct
reply.
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