KARACHI: The judicial probe report investigating the death of Sindh University (SU) student Naila Rind was presented in court on Monday.
According to the report, the student allegedly committed suicide following exploitation and blackmail by the accused Anis Khaskheli, a lecturer at a school in Jamshoro, after the two exchanged photos of an intimate nature.The accused later received bail in the case
Rind’s body was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her room in SU’s Marvi Hostel in Jamshoro on January 1, 2017. She was a final-year student of the Sindhi department.
A division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) Hyderabad circuit had ordered a judicial probe into the case earlier this year while hearing a constitutional petition filed by Qirat Fatima and seven others through Ali Ahmed Palh advocate.
The report, submitted in court today by the Hyderabad District and Sessions Judge Amjad Ali Bohio, recorded the statements of the investigation officer (IO) and Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Tariq Walait, as well as the accused.
The judges observed that despite an initial reluctance to accept his relationship with the deceased, Anis Khaskheli, after being confronted by photographic evidence had accepted his involvement with Naila Rind.
The hearing was adjourned until December 12 after the court ordered the copies of the report to be handed over to all concerned parties.