Intizar sped the automobile after armed males in plain garments tried to cease us: key witness

Police have recorded the assertion of a woman who claims to be within the automobile with 28-year-old Intizar Ahmed minutes earlier than officers of the Anti-Automotive Lifting Cell opened hearth on the automobile, killing him in Defence on Saturday night time.

The woman, who remained unharmed and escaped the capturing website, informed police that males in plain garments, carrying weapons had signalled their automobile to cease close to Bara Bukhari Lane No 5, Khayaban-e-Ittehad, DHA Part-VII on the night time of January 13, however Intizar Ahmed, the sufferer, tried to hurry away.

She additional mentioned that after they had crossed previous the lads, they started firing on the automobile which got here to a cease when a few of the bullets hit Intizar. In line with the woman’s assertion, she bought frightened when she noticed an injured Intizar mendacity unconscious and stepped out of the automobile as quickly because the firing stopped. She mentioned folks began gathering across the automobile and she or he managed slip out, flagged a rickshaw and left for her dwelling.

Intizar was shot lifeless when some ACLC officers opened hearth at his automobile after he had sped away after they had signalled him to cease on Saturday night time. By the way, in a press convention held on the night time of Intizar’s homicide, his father Ishtiaq and lawyer Muhammad Asif Khudai had dismissed media experiences woman had been within the automobile with him on the time of the incident.

“To our data, there was no woman with him, and no such girl or woman has contacted us,” the lawyer mentioned. In the meantime, addressing a press convention in his workplace on Monday, Deputy Inspector Basic of Police (DIGP) South Azad Khan confirmed woman was with Intizar within the automobile.

DIGP Khan mentioned the woman was a major witness within the case and her safety was police’s duty. He added they’ve recorded her preliminary assertion and if wanted, they’d document one other assertion beneath the Part 161 of the Legal Process Code.

Khan mentioned on the night time of September 13, a nine-member squad of ACLC had arrange a picket at Bara Bukhari Lane No 5 as a result of a white Corolla gang had been energetic in Defence, whose members had stolen autos of public officers previously few days.

He added that the group was stationed there to intercept and arrest members of the gang. The officer additionally confirmed photos of a white Corolla, which the supposed gang members used to steal or snatch the federal government officers’ automobile and claimed that Intizar’s automobile was much like the one being utilized by the gang.

In line with Khan, the ACLC officers suspected Intizar’s automobile of belonging to the gang and signalled him to cease, however he drove away, prompting the firing. He mentioned CCTV footage exhibits three of the officers opened hearth and added that eight of the 9 on-duty officers have been detained, whereas efforts are being made for the arrest of 1 cop who remains to be at massive.

Khan additional mentioned that they registered an FIR on the criticism of the sufferer’s father, who has expressed some reservations, and guaranteed police would tackle these issues throughout the investigation.

Remand

An area court docket has accepted the seven-day bodily remand of the eight ACLC officers detained within the case, together with SHO Tariq Mehmood.

SHO Mehmood, Ghulam Abbas, Tariq Raheem, Azhar Ahsan, Fawad Khan, Danial, Bilal and Shahid had been produced earlier than the judicial Justice of the Peace (South) on Monday.

The investigation officer (IO) knowledgeable the court docket that the eight males had been accused of being concerned within the homicide of Intizar and requested a 14-day bodily remand in order that they may very well be interrogated.

Nonetheless, the protection lawyer opposed the IO’s plea stating that the accused had a distinct view concerning the incident however the complainant [the victim’s father] had immediately accused them of murdering Intizar.

The lawyer requested the court docket to grant remand just for the aim of investigation in accordance with the related regulation. The court docket then permitted a seven-day remand. The ACLC officers had been initially held for violating the usual working process as they had been they in plain-clothes and used the private weapons within the firing.