KARACHI (Dunya News) - The Karachi police surgeon’s exhumation board has issued its final report in the Mir Raza case, concluding that he died from a ruptured heart caused by a penetrating firearm injury to the chest.
According to the report, the bullet wound entered Mir Raza’s chest from the back and exited through the front. The board said the available evidence was inconsistent with suicide and that the manner of death also did not support a suicide conclusion.
The report stated that the primary cause of the heart rupture was the firearm-related penetrating injury to the chest.
The exhumation board also detected hydrochloric acid on Mir Raza’s shirt, while traces of the local anaesthetic bupivacaine were found in his blood sample.
However, laboratory analysis found no evidence of narcotic, sedative or poisonous substances in the samples.
The board further reported that traces of gunshot residue were detected on Mir Raza’s shirt. Lead and barium particles were found on both the front and back portions of the shirt, which are consistent with particles produced by firearm discharge.
According to the report, a higher concentration of gunshot residue was found around the rear portion of the wound.
The findings have raised significant questions over the circumstances surrounding Mir Raza’s death, with the board specifically concluding that the available evidence does not correspond with a suicide.