In the latest development in the case of a Karachi teenager gunned down by police officers last week, Sindh Police authorities removed senior official Muqaddas Haider from his post.
A notification issued from Karachi confirmed the removal of SSP Muqaddas Haider, a senior superintendent in the Anti Car Lifting Cell (ACLC).
The teenager Intezar was gunned down late Saturday evening on Khayaban-e-Ittehad, in Defence Housing Authority (DHA), after ACLC officials opened indiscriminate fire on a White Corolla he was driving.
Meanwhile, Intezar’s father Ishtiaq has voiced suspicion on the statement of the girl accompanying his son at the time of the killing.
According to the girl, she and Intezar had met a week prior to the incident, adding that if she knew who had killed her friend, she would have told the police.
Ishtiaq said he didn’t believe in the girl’s statement, suspecting the girl is “concealing facts”.
He also said that the police had not shown him complete footage of the incident obtained from the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in the area.
“My son’s murder was plotted and now the investigating officer is trying to save his colleagues,” he added.
“A judicial inquiry would bring the facts to light,” he added.
The girl on Wednesday said she was accompanying Intezar when the incident happened, but she didn’t see who opened fire on the car.
“Soon after, another car and motorcycle came and attempted to stop Intezar. They opened indiscriminate fire on the car when Intezar sped up the car,” she said.
Earlier in the day, investigation officers confirmed that two government-issued weapons were used in the attack on Intezar.
According to the forensic test of the eight weapons handed over to the investigation department, two weapons were used to fire shots at the crime scene.
Of the 18 shells found at the crime scene, 12 were fired from one pistol and six from the other weapon, said the investigation officer.
The two pistols were in the possession of police personnel Bilal and Daniyal, who used the weapons to open fire on the murdered youth, Geo News reported.
The other six pistols in the police’s possession were private, licensed weapons, it added.
