LONDON: The household of an abroad Pakistani killed in a land dispute has appealed to Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif to take a private curiosity within the matter because the cops investigating the case have been accused of colluding with these allegedly concerned within the homicide.
Khurram Shabir, whose household reside in London and Paris, was fatally shot on August 28, 2023, within the presence of Raja Muhammad Raheel, his brother Muhammad Adnan, nephew Usama Nisar, and one other nephew Khurram Shabbir on their ancestral land close to Jinnah Colony, Fatehpur, Sarai Alamgir.
The abroad household has alleged that the accused, armed with a firearm, attacked them and killed Shabbir. An illustration was held by the household in Paris, attended by round 100 Pakistanis, to hunt the eye of the Punjab authorities within the case.
In a criticism filed with the Punjab Abroad Pakistanis Fee, the household elder Raja Muhammad Raheel and the deceased’s mom Azra Shabbir have mentioned that underneath FIR No. 267/23 (Sections: 302/324/109/440 PPC), following the incident, the accused was arrested and the native police seized his weapon and car.
He was declared responsible underneath due course of, despatched to judicial custody and a challan was submitted to the courtroom accordingly.
The criticism mentioned: “Subsequent to the preliminary investigation, the case was re-investigated by the DIG Gujrat, which upheld the accused’s culpability. Additional, the case was referred to RIB Gujranwala, the place the findings equally indicted the accused.
At the moment, the case is underneath trial, with the testimony of seven witnesses already recorded. Nevertheless, the accused filed an software for a change of investigation with the IG Punjab, Lahore, which led to the appointment of two new inquiry officers who reasonably than conducting an neutral investigation, colluded with the accused and started manipulating the info.”
One of many officers within the case, in response to the criticism, as an alternative of contemplating the findings from the earlier investigations, ignored key proof and witness testimonies.
Raheel mentioned within the criticism: “The officers did not file statements from me, the witnesses, and revered neighborhood members. On a number of events, I, together with the witnesses and native notables, approached the officers for the investigation however have been met with intimidation and coercion. As an alternative of interrogating the accused, one of many officers fabricated baseless narratives and declared the homicide accused as harmless, opposite to the info.”
He complains that the accused, regardless of failing to show his innocence, was unjustly exonerated by the inquiry officers and “implicated me and the witnesses as accused within the case, which is a grave miscarriage of justice”.
He appeals to the Punjab CM: “I humbly request an neutral investigation into the matter. The present investigation is grossly flawed and doesn’t align with the info of the case. Being a law-abiding and peace-loving citizen, I’ve confronted excessive injustice and victimisation. I search speedy motion in opposition to these officers and attraction for justice to be served.”
Azra mentioned: “Khurram Shabbir was my solely son. He was the daddy of 4 younger kids. His killing had devastated all of us. We’d like justice. We request the Punjab CM to look into our case on benefit.”
Vice Chairman Abroad Commissioners Punjab Amjad Malik confirmed that his workplace has obtained the criticism and he has written to the district police for a report.