KARACHI (Dunya News) – The Sindh government has decided to hold a judicial inquiry into the mysterious death of 25-year-old businessman Mir Raza on the recommendation of the Sindh Assembly’s Standing Committee on Home Affairs.
Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar said he discussed the case with Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, following which it was decided to form a judicial commission to oversee the investigation.
He said the police investigation team would work under the commission once it was constituted, adding that the inquiry would be conducted by judges of the Sindh High Court.
Mir Raza Ali murder case: Investigation team reconstituted, murder charges added
Lanjar said no evidence had so far emerged indicating the involvement of any high-profile personality in the case, but stressed that a judicial inquiry was necessary to establish the facts.
He said the police investigation team had already been reconstituted under the leadership of DIG Amir Farooqi. The family, he added, had been assured that any police officer nominated by them would be included in the team.
The case took a new turn after Mir Raza’s body was exhumed and a second postmortem was conducted. Following the findings, Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code, pertaining to murder, was added to the kidnapping FIR.
The newly formed five-member investigation team, headed by DIG Amir Farooqi, is scheduled to hold its first meeting on Monday.