ISLAMABAD: Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) AD Khowaja on Wednesday said that he cannot give a definitive date for apprehending wanted SSP Rao Anwar, who still remains at large after his arrest orders over the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah Mehsood.
The IGP said that Anwar is making calls on WhatsApp and the police are trying to trace its location. He added that the police lacks ‘competence’ to trace calls made on the social networking application.
Anwar, on Tuesday, had contacted a private news channel via WhatsApp from an undisclosed location and commented on a raid conducted by the capital city police on a property the latter had claimed belongs to the fugitive. He had also declared that he was present in Pakistan.
Responding to a question about the police force abetting their suspended colleague, the Sindh police chief advised the reporters to not make such conjectures. “The police has registered a case and completed the legal requirements,” Khowaja said while addressing the media outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
“It is not necessary that someone created the fake documents used by Anwar but we have asked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for assistance in this regard,” the IGP said in response to a counterfeit no objection certificate (NOC) which the suspended police official had presented at the Benazir Bhutto International airport.
When asked about Anwar fleeing from Islamabad’s airport, the Sindh police chief said that the question should be directed to the capital territory police.
The authorities have failed to produce Anwar even after a 72-hour Supreme Court deadline to arrest the wanted official expired on January 30.
Even after the Sindh police chief wrote a letter to intelligence agencies and police departments of all provinces to seek their help in arresting Anwar, the absconder has continues to take the lead in his cat-and-mouse game with the law enforcement authorities (LEAs).