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Q: Did you seal the pieces of evidence such as blood samples on the spot?
A: No. The sealing material was not available at the place of the incident. It
was done later at the police station. It is written in the Mashirnama that it was
done on the spot in the presence of witnesses, but actually the objects were
sealed at the police station.
Q: Earlier you had stated it was done on the spot but now you say it was
done at the police station?
A: A rough paper was made on the spot and the final document was
prepared at the police station after it had been cleared by the SP.
Q: Under the law, there has to be only one Mashirnama, there is nothing like
rough or fair?
A: Yes.
Q: Is it correct that it is not a complete Mashirnama?
A: No. it is not correct.
Q: Why the sealing material was not taken to the scene of the incident?
A: It was never done during my entire service.
Q: Any statements recorded of the police officers on the spot?
A: No. There was no facility, no lights. Some statements recorded by ASP Rai
Tahir were given to me at the police station. I was the investigating officer
only for the first two days and I had handed over the charge and all material
to the Crime Branch which took over the case on Sept 23.
Later, the tribunal called for the "Roznamcha" (daily reports) and it was
submitted by inspector Mohammad Amin, 52, of Gulshan Base No. 1. It was
produced under seal and the police have been asked to submit some of the
relevant pages in Photostat and return the register after being sealed again.
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