Judicial commission formed to probe NAB official’s death

With no FIR lodged into the murder of NAB investigating officer Kamran Faisal’s mysterious death even after two days, the federal government on Sunday announced the constitution of a judicial commission to probe into the case.
Justice (r) Javed Iqbal would be the head of the commission that would complete the probe within two weeks.
Meanwhile, police has summoned all four NAB personnel part of Faisal’s team fro interrogation. They include Deputy Director Asghar Khan, the team leader.
Faisal was tasked with investigating the Guddu Barrage rental power project and his associates included data entry operator Momin Khan, Sohaib and naib qasid Najeeb.
Statements of all of them would be recorded today (Monday) and Faisal’s colleagues would also be questioned about the purported pressure the deceased had been facing while investigating the matter.
Assistant Commissioner (Secretariat) Nauman Yousaf has been appointed the enquiry officer to probe into Faisal’s death, and he would be recording the statements of deceased’s close associates, hostel staff and other NAB officials.
Efforts were also underway for obtaining the data of the cell phone in use by Faisal.
Police said breaking into Faisal’s room by NAB officials’ was a fatal error as it could have distorted available evidence.
They said the reason for not registering a case was simply that no one had contacted law enforcement authorities as yet regarding the issue, adding that only a report had been lodged regarding his death with the Secretariat police station.
The police team investigating the case has sent samples for forensic tests to Lahore and the results would be received within seven days.
Sources Islamabad Inspector General of Police Bani Amin was himself supervising the investigation team that include SP City Zone Muhammad Ilyas, DSP Secretariat Circle, ASP City Circle and the Secretariat Police SHO.
Initial reports had said the cause of Faisal’s death was suicide, however, his relatives claim that he was murdered and were seeking a judicial inquiry.
Kamran’s relatives alleged that the body bore torture marks and that could be clearly seen in video footages aired by various channels.
However, the report from Poly Clinic said the body had no torture marks.
Faisal’s father, Abdul Hameed, said on Sunday there were marks on the wrists of his son, indicating that his hands had been tied.
The NAB officer’s death came days after the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and 15 others in connection with a corruption case the officer was investigating.