KARACHI(National Times)- A judicial commission formed to probe the circumstances and possible negligence around the Mir Raza Ali murder case issued notices on Friday to the deceased\u2019s business partner, contacts and employees to record their statement as witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among those who have been issued notices is Ahsan Anis Shamsi, who the commission was told had a 30 per cent partnership in Ali\u2019s eatery, Wafflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The eatery\u2019s manager, Sherry, and accountant Muhammad Umair Khan were also summoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The commission also summoned Asad Ali Butt and Usman Buzai and issued an e-notice to Hassan Tanoli, who resides in Australia; the names of all three have come up in connection with Ali\u2019s business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The witnesses were instructed to appear before the commission on Sept 15 and record their statements. Tanoli would be able to record his statement via Zoom\/electronic modes, the commission\u2019s order stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It added that the bailiff should coordinate with investigating officer Deputy Superintendent of Police Siraj Lashari for serving notices to the witnesses in case their details were not available with the commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The murder case has been mired in conspiracy, with the 25-year-old victim\u2019s family accusing police of trying to bury the facts and law enforcers initially trying to build the case around the possibility of suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It goes back to July, when Ali\u2019s body was found in Karachi\u2019s Gulistan-i-Jauhar with a gunshot wound, a day after he went missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Days after the recovery of Ali\u2019s body, Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed had told Geo News that the post-mortem findings in the case had raised several questions, as some observations in the report did not appear to match the available photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On August 6, a Karachi court took up an application by Ali\u2019s father, allowed the exhumation of his body, ordered the formation of a medico-legal board for the purpose and directed that a second autopsy of Ali\u2019s body be conducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sindh health department then constituted an eight-member board, with police surgeon Dr Syed as the convener. However, in the early hours of August 7, the board was reconstituted through an order issued by the director general of the Sindh health department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Dr Syed remained the convener of the new five-member board, its members were changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Ali\u2019s family rejected the new board, which also resulted in the deferment of the planned exhumation. Meanwhile, the counsel for Ali\u2019s family, Nasir, accused the authorities of trying to bury the facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sindh government then restored the original medical board, following which Ali\u2019s body was exhumed on August 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A day later, the Sindh inspector general of police\u2019s (IG) office notified the reconstitution of the investigating team probing Ali\u2019s death while Karachi Additional IG Azad Khan transferred the investigation into Ali\u2019s murder to Zaman Town police station from Ferozabad Police Station, where the case was registered under charges of kidnapping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The order for the probe team\u2019s reconstitution also showed that a murder charge had been added to the first information report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The same day, the Sindh government decided to seek a judicial commission for the case\u2019s investigation, only to defer the plan a day later after Ali\u2019s family said they had made no such demand and had faith in the new investigation team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Aug 19, Ali\u2019s parents, Mir Hussain and Mariam Hussain, wrote to Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, seeking his \u201cdirect supervision of the murder investigation\u201d. They also urged the chief minister to order an investigation and departmental inquiry into the previous investigation team and immediately suspend the officers involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The provincial government acknowledged the letter and announced the decision on Aug 23 to form a judicial commission to determine whether the investigation in the case was being conducted impartially and to investigate the circumstances surrounding Ali\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, soon after the announcement, the counsel for Ali\u2019s family raised objections and later approached the Sindh High Court (SHC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The petition was filed on August 24 in objection to the provincial government\u2019s decision to form a judicial commission and sought the formation of an independent and multi-agency JIT \u201ccomprising officers who have had no previous involvement in the case\u201d in place of the commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sept 2, the SHC dismissed a petition filed by Ali\u2019s family, seeking the formation of a JIT to probe his murder, observing that constituting such a body was the \u201cprerogative of the government\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the final report of Ali\u2019s second post-mortem confirmed that his death was caused by a gunshot wound to the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDeath occurred due to cardiac rupture consequent to perforating firearm injury of the chest,\u201d the report stated, adding that the entry wound was on the posterior thorax (back) and the exit wound on the anterior thorax (front of the chest).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe findings are inconsistent with suicide as the manner of death,\u201d it confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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