Murtaza Bhutto

BENAZIR SUSPECTS INVOLVEMENT OF CH:
SHUJAAT AND BRG. IMTIAZ
FORMER IG SAEED S’ DEPOSITION BEFORE
MURTAZA BHUTTO TRIBUNAL
KARACHI, Feb 11, 1997: Ms. Benazir Bhutto, the deposed prime minister
had suspected involvement of Ch. Shujjat Hussain and Brigadier Imtiaz in the
murder of her younger brother Mir Murtaza Bhutto and his seven close
companions including Ashiq Hussain Jatoi on September 20.
This was stated here today by Saeed Ahmed, the former Inspector General of
Police Sindh while recording his statement before the 3-member enquiry
tribunal headed by Mr Justice Aslam Zahid Nasir.
He said that Ms. Benazir Bhutto had expressed her apprehensions during the
course of briefing of the case by the initial team of investigating officials
headed by the then DIG Crime Masud Piracha and Noor Ahmed Pechuho at
the Bilawal House next day of the incident on September 21.
He said, he was also present there. The former prime minister appeared to be
dissatisfied with the investigation. In that meeting, discussions were also
going on and the then prime minister was making remarks and suspecting
that perhaps Brigadier Imtiaz and Choudhry Shujjat Hussain were involved
in this incident.He said, he had checked up with Piracha but he did not give
him any positive reply.
While he was verifying the allegation leveled by former prime minister, he
was transferred from Karachi.The witness said, as there was no conclusive
evidence in this behalf, he did not inform the then prime minister or the then
chief Minister Sindh Syed Abdullah Shah.He was later transferred from
Karachi on Dec 12, 1996.
Questioned by the tribunal, he said, he was satisfied with the investigation of
the case being carried out by the crime branch investigating team. The
witness, however, said that he did not go in details of the investigation of the
incident including the snapping of photographs of the place of the occurrence
or the sealing of the material etc, as he did not consider it necessary.
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