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Q: Is it correct that some pages of the "Roznamcha" register were removed
and replaced by other plain sheets?
A: No.
Q: The pages in the "Roznamcha" are numbered?
A: No.
Q: What duties you performed at the police station on the day of the incident?
A: Till 1 am I didn't come to know that the bodies of the victims had been
brought to the PS, nor I was aware of what had happened in the night. I went
to the police barracks at the PS the same night at about 1 am and slept there. I
still don't know whether the bodies of the six dead were ever brought to the
police station and they were identified outside the PS in the ambulances.
Q: Did any inquiry team or any other agencies called you for questioning
about the incident?
A: The CIA team had called me and had threatened to hang me upside down
forcing me to tell the truth about the removal of pages from the "Roznamcha"
and change them with new pages. I had told them it was not done.
Later, the tribunal disposed of a number of applications made by Karim Khan
Agha, counsel for the DIG Karachi Range and two ASPs Shahid Hayat and
Rai Tahir.
One of his application still remains to be decided which relates to his plea that
the police accused should not be allowed to be called to give evidence before
the tribunal, because it was not in their interest to destroy their own defence
before the actual trial starts before the trial court.
To sort out this issue whether they should be called or not, the tribunal has
asked AAG Latif Abdul Ansari to come prepared on legality and Karim Khan
Agha has also been asked to do a similar exercise in defence of his plea.
After the examination of three policemen, the tribunal adjourned the hearing
until 9:30 am on Monday.
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