Karachi policemen admit killing unarmed boy without provocation
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Karachi cops admits killing unarmed boy without provocation
( Web Desk ) - Three Karachi police personnel confessed to killing unarmed citizen in an alleged mistaken identity case.
The basic guidelines were not followed by the policemen. The boy – Amir Hussain – was shot many times by the cops.
Investigations revealed that officer Shahryar hit bullets to the boy two times. The details also pointed out that a government pistol was put on the boy when found unarmed.
The authorities also told no criminal record of Amir was found. The case has been registered against the three cops at the Shahrah Faisal police station of Karachi.
ATC approves physical remand
Meanwhile a judge of anti- terrorism court sent the three cops on a five-day physical remand.
The killing
The trio of cops was arrested a day earlier for shooting dead one of the two young men, who allegedly fled them upon being challenged to stop for identification in the jurisdiction of Shahrah-e-Faisal Police Station.
According to Karachi East Deputy Inspector-General Muqaddas Haider, the cops chased them into a building near the Gulsitan-e-Jauhar s Jauhar Mor area, where they shot dead one of the young men, identified as Amir Hussain, as he was running up the stairs.
Senior Superintendent of Police (East) Abdul Raheem Sherazi and other officials investigated the shooting and reviewed the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of the area.
The investigators found out that the three cops — Sheharyar, Faisal, and Nasir — involved in the incident were guilty of murdering the young man, the police official said.
Sherazi said both the youth were not carrying weapons — as opposed to the claim of the cops — and they also had a young girl with them on the bike, who, fortunately, remained safe.
He said that the authorities were in close contact with the victim s parents and a case has also been registered against the cops.
Contradictory statements
Now in their statements, the arrested policemen also sound contradictory.
According to the investigating authorities, the cop Shahryar shot Amir twice and when there was no pistol found from the boy, the policemen put the government pistol in his hand.
Another statement added that Amir made a signal with his hand and it was thought that he was about to shot the cops.
