Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Additional Inspector General (IG) Sanaullah Abbasi submitted on Saturday an inquiry report of Naqeebullah Mehsud case to the Supreme Court Karachi Registry and declared the killing a 'fake encounter'.
The report reads that Mehsud was held by police from a tea stall on Abul Hassan Asfahani Road along with two friends on January 3, 2018. Mehsud, Hazrat Ali and Qasim were severely tortured and the two friends were released on January 6. Mehsud was killed in a premeditated encounter on January 13 and was shifted from one place to another before the extrajudicial killing.
There is no evidence to back the stance maintained by police that Mehsud was a terrorist, the report states.Additional IG further wrote that his profiles on social media point towards the assumption that he was a liberal human who loved those around him and aspired to model for clothing Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar who led the police team that killed Mehsud claimed that he was a terrorist. However, the probe by CTD has refuted Anwar s assertion.
The Malir police official was suspended by Sindh Police top official as a probe was launched. He name was put on Exit Control List (ECL) after he attempted to flee the country after the incident.
Anwar did not appear before the inquiry committee and the top court has directed authorities to present him within three days. The court also summoned the foreign travel details of Rao Anwar, reply of interior secretary and authorities concerned of land routes and border. The SC ordered Director General Civil Aviation to present the statements of private jet owners.
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