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which were kept on record. Many officers were assisting in the investigation
on the orders of the SP. They were all helping me in the preparation of
statements etc, because it was beyond my scope to do it alone.
Q: Were you completely in charge or there were more people present on the
occasion to record the statements of eye-witnesses and others. The
responsibility of the IO is to get into the details to search for the truth, but in
this case you were the IO only on paper, and people senior to you were acting
as they wished and preparing statements under Section 161 of CrPC.
The witness verified the pages from the Roznamcha of the police station
which were copied and kept on record of the tribunal. Explaining the reports,
he said I have already stated yesterday that I was IO only for two days. I had
taken remand of the accused who were arrested on the scene of the incident
and on Sept 23, the investigations were taken over by the Crime Branch.
Q: Did you record the statements of all witnesses till investigations were
handed over to the Crime Branch?
A: No. Except ASI Abdul Basit, all others were not witnesses to the incident.
In my view all the police and injured were eye-witnesses. Their statements
were recorded in my presence at Clifton police station.
Q: Can you name the other officials, other than the SP and ASP, who were
also associated with the investigations?
A: SHO of Artillery Maidan police station Nazir Tanoli, and SHO of Preedy
police station Anwar Zeb.
Q: Did you examine any other witness?
A: ASP Shahid Hayat's statement was also recorded by me at AKUH where
he was admitted.
Q: Why some of the pages in the "Roznamcha" are shorter than others and in
some pages there are no printed words in Urdu and Sindhi at the bottom of
the pages, and why some of the pages are smudged and the colour is also
lighter.
A: I can't say anything about it.
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