KARACHI: The joint investigation team (JIT) probing the killing of 19-year-old Intezar Ahmad has given clean chit to the prime suspect.
The teenager was killed under mysterious circumstances when Anti Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) officials dressed in normal clothing opened fire on his car on Khayaban-e-Ittehad in the Defence locality of the city on January 13.
On its report, the joint investigation team has stated that Anti-Car Lifting Cell SSP Muqaddas Haider is not involved. It held policemen Bilal and Daniyal responsible for the incident.
The report has been sent to Sindh Home Minister Sohail Anwar Siyal and Inspector General Police AD Khowaja.
Earlier, the police have also granted a clean chit to Muqaddas Haider.
Personnel of Sindh Police’s ACLC “shot dead” Ahmed in Defence Housing Authority’s Khayaban-e-Ittehad area in January.
The police claimed that he was shot by unknown men on motorcycles.
Following the incident, ACLC SSP Muqaddas Haider was removed from his post after it was learned that two of his squad officials — Bilal and Daniyal — were involved in the shooting.
Eight suspects are under arrest in the case, including SHO Tariq Mehmood, Ghulam Abbas, Azhar Ahsan, Fawad Khan, Daniyal, Bilal and Shahid.
On February 8, the Counter Terrorism Department team formed to probe the murder said in its report that the killing was pre-meditated. The probe also claimed that the ACLC SSP was not involved in the incident.
