Islamabad: Anti-terrorism court (ATC) judge Raja Jawad Abbas accused on Wednesday the investigation officer (IO) in the murder case of 22-year-old Osama Satti of colluding with the suspects.
The ATC granted a week-long physical remand of the five police officers arrested for the youth’s murder in Islamabad.
The accused include Mudassar Iqbal, Shakeel Ahmed, Muhammad Mustafa, Saeed Ahmed and Iftikhar Ahmed. The cops were booked in the case on the request of the slain 22-year-old’s father.
The judge’s remarks came about when the investigating officer failed to present photographs of the victim’s vehicle from the front, that would ascertain where the shots were taken from.
“Where is the picture of the seat on which the bullet hit him?” the judge inquired. The officer responded to the question saying he did not have that photograph.
“You have brought the picture that shows he was shot at from behind, but not the one that shows he was shot at from the front,” the judge stated.
“It seems that you are all working together,” the judge said, further questioning the reason for shooting at the victim.
The court also inquired about the number of shots fired during the incident. To which, the investigative officer responded that five shots were fired at the vehicle from the rear.
The plaintiff accused the investigative officer of tempering with the evidence. The court ordered to make everything a part of the record.
“How big of a terrorist was the boy to have been shot and killed in such a manner,” Judge Abbas asked, further stating that there were thousands of proclaimed offenders roaming around in Islamabad.
