Benazir murder case: Ex-policemen arrested from courtroom

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Benazir murder case: Ex-policemen arrested from courtroom

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22 December,2010 03:10 pm

Police have arrested two ex-policemen Saud Aziz and Khurram Shahzad from the courtroom for their alleged dereliction in duty which resulted into Benazir Bhutto's murder in 2007, Dunya News reported on Wednesday. Former City Police Officer (CPO) Saud Aziz and former SP Rawal Town Khurram Shahzad were presented in the court.Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) No-III, Rawalpindi judge Rana Nisar Ahmed on December 19, 2010 extended the date of interim bail of former CPO and former SP Rawal Town allegedly involved in the Benazir Bhutto murder case till December 22.The trial was held at the Adiala Jail. Charges against the accused were framed that they were involved in the murder of PPP chairperson and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. She was assassinated when she was leaving after addressing a public meeting at Liaquat Bagh on December 27, 2007.