Murtaza Bhutto

Q: When were the cases transferred to the Crimes Branch?
A: On December 15, 1996. They were not transferred but I was suspended and
I handed over the charge on Dec. 16. I served from Sept 23 to Dec. 15.
Q: While you were involved in investigations did you come to know that
pictures of the site were taken.
A: When the papers were handed over to me there were no pictures. And on
Oct. 7 the SHO Clifton had sent 13 photos to me and they were of the trees
supposed to have been hit by gunshots as was maintained by the police
station.
Later, when the matter was brought to the notice of the police, we went to the
site to match the photos with the marks on trees, with the permission and
concurrence of the DIG. They were not consistent with bullet marks, therefore
we returned them on Oct. 10 to Clifton PS.
Q: Other than those pictures, were you told about some other pictures?
A: The pictures were not seen by me before. I am seeing them here for the
first time. They were not taken on the same night but in daylight. I had called
for the statement of sub-inspector Khurram Waris recorded under Section 161
CrPC. He did not mention it and Shukaib Qureshi had also not mentioned the
pictures.
The pictures of the trees, according to my opinion, were marked by a knife,
nail or metal object on the trees on the side of Clifton Garden. Rai Tahir had
also not discussed about the pictures.
The fourth witness was DSP Saeed Ahmed Khan of the Crimes Branch.
Q: Sub-inspector Waris had said you had seen those pictures taken of the
vehicles with gunshots?
A: I am seeing them for the first time. I never went to Clifton PS and I had not
met him at JPMC on second or third day of the incident to collect inquest
reports and he had been coming to the Crimes Branch for recording his
statements.
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