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mortuary and identify the body of my brother. The identification was done
by my driver and other relatives, including Dr Salim Kharal, who was known
to me, and we were together in the same medical college. Then I went home
to inform my parents. I returned at 4:30 am when sub-inspector Khurram
Waris of Clifton PS arrived with police papers and he deeply regretted the
incident, describing the action as a black spot for the police and it was the
result of the action taken by the senior officers. The sub-inspector offered to
help me in any way possible. I then asked him to locate the driver of my
brother. At the mortuary, the MLOs and SI Khurram Waris also took my
signatures for handing over of the body.
Tribunal: Where were the bodies for six hours, they were either at the police
station or on the scene of the incident?
Witness: I was not even allowed to go to the two police stations and the scene
of the incident in search of my brother. I don't have a complete answer to this
question.
On the orders of the special court, the police returned the wrist-watch and Rs
400 which were on the person of Ashiq Jatoi (Dec. 2). A gold ring and a chain
in his neck were missing which were not returned given, and when I inquired
of the police, they said some "Haram Khor" (dishonest parasite person) has
taken away.
The blue Pajero jeep which he (Ashiq) was driving with Mir Murtaza was also
returned by the police minus a tape-recorder, a console box with a radio. An
FIR was lodged with the police against them for stealing but the things have
not been recovered so far. Dr Jatoi will appear again on Jan 21 to answer
questions from Khawaja Sharful Islam, counsel for Wajid Ali Durrani. The
third and last witness of the day was ASI Badar Alam, son of former SSP
Khurshid Alam, whose services are placed with the Services and General
Administration Department, government of Sindh.
The 26-year-old witness said he took the six bodies in three ambulances and
handed them over to another police officer at JPMC and returned. For full
night, he was not aware what was happening around him, he did not talk to
anybody, didn't hear anything and saw nothing about the incident. A tribunal
member, Justice (Dr) Ghous Mohammad, described him as a patent liar.
Working at the Clifton PS on the day of the incident he was not aware about
it and who were involved and what happened until the next day.
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