Murtaza Bhutto

Out of the nine FIR's registered under 13-D Arms Ordinance pertaining to
alleged recovery of arms and ammunition from the arrested injured accused
and those who died in the alleged encounter, two FIR's were read out.
As the photostat copies of the said FIRs were not legible, the Tribunal
directed the PDSP Shamim Hussain, Liaison Officer of the Tribunal to have a
true copy of FIR number 386,388 and 389 in Urdu in fair handwriting along
with copies.The plain reading of these FIR's showed that FIRs were registered
against even the four dead persons against the law.The Tribunal also asked
that why not a single FIR under 13-D Arm Ordinance was registered. Kazi
informed that under this law no joint complaint could be lodged. The counsel
for Sindh government also read out FIR 399/96 lodged by Asghar Ali,
domestic servant of Mir Murtaza. The FIR was lodged on September 24,1996
at 1250 hours in which complainant has stated that Mir and his companions
were killed by the police exceeding from their powers.The FIR 443/96 lodged
by Noor Muhammad was also read out.
The Tribunal at this stage asked Akhtar Ali G. Kazi to inform about his
assessment of the case and to keep in view the facts that whether it all
happened at the "spur of time" or it was a case of intentional murder or a
result of well-knit conspiracy. If there was a conspiracy then at what level,
remarked the Tribunal.
The Tribunal also pointed out that name of Agha Siraj Durrani, a former
Sindh minister was neither in FIR nor in Challan. His name was mentioned
by some witnesses, said the Tribunal. The Tribunal also asked that out of the
accused or co- conspirators as per government's case who were absconding.
Kazi informed the Tribunal that Syed Abdullah Shah was absconder in some
other case while the two police officers Shakaib Qureshi and Zeeshan Kazmi
were declared absconders in this case. Later the proceedings of the Tribunal
were adjourned till March 29, Saturday.
Murtaza Bhutto; Copyright © www.bhutto.org
492