- Police struggling with low-quality CCTV footage as the effort for finding match for bullet casings goes on
- CTD official says footage shows two men on bike who knew Godil’s exact position, used ‘fresh’ weapons
Investigation into the attack on Muttaheda Qaumi Movement (MQM) MNA Rasheed Godil has thus far established that the assailants had received support from someone who was close to him, it is reliably learnt.
The probe has revealed that the attackers had minute-to-minute information about Godil’s movements. However, the investigators are blank despite the availability of two-megapixel Close-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras and haven’t either found a match for the casings of bullets fired. Nonetheless, CCTV footage can help them to ascertain the way of attack; however not usable when it comes to recognising suspects.
“I am confused as the footage available can help me to identify the way attack was carried, but it doesn’t help in identification of the assailants involved,” Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Counter Terrorism and Financial Crime (CT&FC) In-charge Raja Umar Khittab said.
“It was said that four armed assailants on two motorcycles chased him, and later opened fire, but I have found only two attackers on one motorcycle in the footage,” Khittab maintained.
Khittab, who had recently resolved Safoora Goth bus attack and murder case of rights activist Sabeen Mehmood, claimed that it is confirmed that the assailants had received support from someone who was close to Godil as it is usually difficult to mark the target if a tinted-glass vehicle is being used.
“The CCTV footage we have suggest the attackers knew that Godil was sitting on which part of the four-wheeler,” Khittab asserted.
Responding to a question, he said that the terrorists are using weapons which are not used in any activity before, as they knew that they could be traced if they used weapons having record with the forensic division.
The footage available with the investigators has left a question mark over the quality of two-megapixel monitoring devices installed 15-feet high from the ground. The cameras are also not good enough for recording NADRA-identifiable quality and have faced several rejections by the registration authority.
Upon asked for comments, Karachi AIG Mustaq Mehar said that he was waiting for the preliminary report.
