KARACHI: 19-year-old Intezar Ahmed died on spot after receiving a bullet wound behind his ear when Anti Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) officers opened fire on his car on Khayaban-e-Ittehad road, confirmed a medico-legal report released on Tuesday.
The report also disclosed that other than the aforementioned body part there was no mark of bullet or torture on the body of the deceased, adding that the deceased’s had blood marks and sand on his clothes.
Meanwhile, the girl who was allegedly accompanying Ahmed told investigators that she did not see the shooters.
“The CCTV footage of the incident is with the police and eight of the nine police personnel named in the case have been arrested,” DIG Police South Azad Khan told reporters at a press conference.
He said that the girl “appears to have no link” to the incident.
“She is a witness to the incident and her privacy must be protected,” Khan said.
According to sources, the girl has told police that she did not see the assailants due to the intensity of the sudden firing. Police are making efforts to record a formal statement of the girl to make it a part of the investigation, they said.
Sources said the girl confirmed she was in the car with Intezar when the police opened fire and she used a rickshaw to leave the scene, they said.
A case was registered at the Darakshan Police Station against unidentified persons on Sunday, despite the fact that four policemen were taken into custody due to their alleged involvement in the case.
