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Q: Is it your duty to check the injured or the dead?
A: No.
The DC South, Arif Ellahi, rang up to say that Mir Murtaza has died and he
called me to Mideast at about 12:15 am. I suggested that the body can be sent
here (JPMC) for postmortem or we can go there for the purpose of
postmortem, as there are precedents. I went there with two other doctors, Dr.
Ayaz Ali Memon and Dr. Ismail Rajpar.
Q: You met the DC, what did you discuss with him?
A: I don't remember. But we, all three of us, went to see the body of Mir
Murtaza.
Q: What was the purpose of seeing the body? What was your specific role?
A: To see external injuries, that is, to superficially examine the body. At that
moment, Mir Mohammad Shaikh, a lawyer, asked me under what authority
we were there. I told him if he didn't like, we will go away. We wanted to
save the time in conducting the postmortem. We were asked to do that when
we had the police papers.
Q: When the police papers were ready?
A: It took around four hours. I also understood that once or twice papers
were prepared but they were tore off and new papers were prepared. The
papers were finally handed over to us at 5:15 am which included the inquest
report. On the third day I prepared a document listing what was done and
when and the events up to Sept 29.
Q: When was the decision taken to conduct the postmortem?
A: Perhaps, some higher authorities decided about it, and we started the
postmortem at 6:15 am and I was with the medical officers who performed
the postmortem.
Q: Did you do anything apart from watching, we want to know?
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