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Sunday, October 24, 2010
SP becomes approver in Benazir murder case
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashfaq Anwar became approver in former premier Benazir Bhutto’s assassination case and held three officers, including City Police Officer (CPO) Saood Aziz responsible, a private TV channel reported on Saturday.
According to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) sources, SP Anwar had recorded statements of Clause 164 in the court of Magistrate Farrukh Nadim Malik in Islamabad, one month ago.
Anwar said he had been deployed for the security of Benazir, but CPO Saood had forcefully sent him to the Koraal Chowk, and had then directed him to go to the rally of Nawaz Sharif in Sadiqabad.
He added that Senior Superintendent of Police (Operation) Yasin Farooq deliberately avoided checking the security, while Superintendent of Police Khurram Ishtiaq, on the direction of CPO Saood had ordered the Rescue 1122 team to hose the site of Benazir’s assassination, and Station House Officer (SHO) Kashif Riaz of Rawalpindi police station refused a post mortem of the body, the channel reported.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk