The mother of Suleman Lashari, an O’ level student who was killed in Karachi earlier this May, identified the accused police officers during a witness parade held in a local court on Monday.
Suleman’s mother, during a hearing of her son’s murder case, claimed that Sakrand Training Centre SSP Ghulam Sarwar Abro’s son along with the other suspects broke into her house and shot her son dead in front of her eyes.
The court also sent the accused police officers on physical remand till May 16. Two days ago, one of the arrested police officers had claimed that the SSP’s son, Salman Abro, himself shot Suleman. The SSP was reportedly becoming an obstacle in the investigation process.
The murder
An 18-year-old student of O’ Levels was shot dead at 2am on May 8 while he was studying in his balcony. The young man was allegedly targeted by the SSP’s son who came to Suleman’s house along with five police constables to settle an argument.
The guards deployed at Suleman’s house had retaliated and the victim’s brother Zeeshan had also joined in after getting his weapon from his room.
Salman was also injured in the exchange of fire and one of his police guards, constable Zaheer Ahmed, was killed. Salman is critically injured and is currently admitted to Ziauddin Hospital. The incident had also left Suleman’s guard, Ali Bugti, injured.
An FIR No 235/2014 has been registered by the deceased’s brother at the Darakhshan police station against Salman and the four police constables – Muhammad Rasheed, Yasin, Maqbool and Imran – who accompanied him. The name of the deceased police constable has not been added in the FIR which includes Sections 302, 324 and 7 ATA. The four surviving policemen are in police custody while Salman will be arrested after he recovers from his injuries. The police have also seized the Vigo and the weapons.
Taking action against SSP
On May 9, the police department had decided to initiate legal action against Salman’s father after his son was booked for murder.
Based on the initial reports, the police officials had asked their superiors to take action against the SSP for misusing state resources.
An inquiry team had been constituted to investigate SSP Abro and was ordered to submit its report within three days.