FIA suspends shift in-charge for helping Shahrukh escape

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) suspended on Sunday the shift in-charge at Jinnah International Airport (JIA) Karachi for helping Shahrukh Jatoi, the main accused in the Shahzaib murder case, to escape abroad. Earlier, Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the case of the murder of 20-year-old Shahzaib Khan and ordered the authorities concerned to arrest those who helped the prime suspect of the murder to escape from the country. A reliable source told Pakistan Today that FIA Immigration Circle had launched internal investigations after Supreme Court (SC) ordered the arrest of all those who helped Shahrukh escape. “During initial investigations, the agency had got some clues about those who helped Shahrukh escape abroad. Based on initial enquiry report; Immigration Additional Director Malik Subah Sadiq suspended JIA Karachi shift in-charge Inspector Iqbal from his post,” he said. “Inspector Iqbal was suspended and posted in FIA zonal office in Sindh,” he said. He added that it was yet to determine whether Inspector Iqbal was suspended on negligence or malign intentions. “FIA Immigration at JIA Karachi works in four shifts and every shift had 45 to 50 employees,” he said. “However, it was not confirmed weather Inspector Iqbal helped Shahrukh to escape abroad or someone in his shift helped the prime suspect to escape abroad,” the source said. FIA Additional Director Malik Subah Sadiq when approached for comments, disconnected the phone call by saying that he was driving his car and requested the scribe to call him again after a few minutes. When Sadiq was called again later, he did not pick up the call.