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A peep into the FIA report on Benazirs murder
Monday, June 14, 2010
By Shakeel Anjum
ISLAMABAD: The report of a team of the FIA) about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, established by Interior Minister Rehman Malik, which has hitherto been kept confidential, leaves some basic questions unanswered and deliberately ignores main signs leading to real plotters. In reality, this report, a copy of which is exclusively available with The News, also follows the findings of a controversial joint investigation team (JIT) established by Musharraf.
The report, however, established that all the terrorists, who took part in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, had links with Maulana Samiul Haqs seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak and majority of them were its regular students.
The FIAs team was hurriedly established on August 6, 2009, some 35 days after the UN Inquiry Commission reached Pakistan to investigate the killing of Benazir Bhutto. It started work on July 1, 2009. The Interior Ministry established the JIT, headed by the Director of the FIAs Special Investigation Group (SIG), Khalid Qureshi, who was also a member of the Musharrafs JIT.
The Interior Ministry ignored all the legal aspects while creating the JIT and didnt include even a single member of any other investigation or intelligence agency in the team.The second JIT was established for a parallel investigation to the UN Commission. However, it didnt take any step ahead and kept waiting for the findings of the UN commission. The FIA report, submitted in the court of law, said, The Ministry of Interior Government of Pakistan notified the transfer of the case to FIA for further investigation vide letter No 1/1/2008/DS(FIA) dated 06-08-2009 and constituted JIT to be headed by Director SIG. AD Shoaib Ahamad was notified as investigating officer of the case. Subsequently Wajid Zia Director (ECW) FIA, Sohail Habib Tajik Additional Director SIG FIA, Azad Khan Additional Director SIG Karachi, Ghulam Asghar Jatoi Assistant Director FIA Karachi were notified as members of JIT.
During the earlier investigation it was reported that some of the accused had studied and resided in Madrasah Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak before and during the day of occurrence of Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi. Hence, Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhaw was requested to provide necessary assistance to the JIT to verify madrasah record on the spot. On 12-05-2010 SIG team headed by Inspector Naseer Ali Kan visited Madrasah Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak and met Wasal Ahmed, Nazim-e-Talimaat, said in the report, adding, The administration of the seminary produced all the relevant registers of admission and discharge from madrasah for inspection of investigation team. The investigation team checked all the registers in order to identify accused involved in the assassination of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi.
During the complete inspection of the accused detected by the investigation team were Abdullah alias Saddam son of Ali Rehman resident of Village Lakaro, Mohmand Agency; Nadir alias Qari Ismail son of Musafar resident of Khazana Kalbat, district Swabi; Rasheed Ahamad alias Abdul Raheem Turabi son of Qudrat Shah resident Village Srikh Morzai P.O. Batagram tehsil Shabqadar District Charsaddah, and Faiz Muhammad son of Shah Nazar R/o Village Zaida District Swabi. The FIA report said, The investigation team seized the original forms pertaining to the above mentioned accused persons vide registration No 21716, 17816, and 23629, wasal Ahamad Nazim-e-Talimaat in statement under 161 Cr PC promised to produce the original admission registers in court as and when required. The investigation team during inspection of record found that above mentioned four accused involved in the assassination of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto remained students of Madrasah Haqqania, as a result their complete particulars have been confirmed.
Wasal Ahamad, Nazim-e-Taleemat, in his statement under section 161 Cr PC also disclosed that accused Said Arab son of Azim Khan resident of Chota Lahore, Swabi, Gul Roz son of Ali Akbar resident of Chota Lahore, Swabi, Muhammad Shafique son of Badshah Gul resident of Gar Tajik Peshawar and Rasheed Ahamad alias Abdul Reheem Tarbi son of Qudrat Shah resident of Village Srikh Morzai P.O Batagram, Tehsil Shabqadar Distt. Charsadda were also students of Darul Uloom Haqqnia and were arrested by police in Kamra Missile Attack case 2008 for their alleged connection with Tehrik Taliban Pakistan. JIT is also examining the role of Madrasah Darul Uloom Haqqania management regarding harbouring of terrorists involved in this case, the report maintained.
Accused Hasnain Gul was arrested by police on June 05, 2008. He subsequently made confessional statement under section 164CrP.C before the learned magistrate. His confession included that 2 suicide bombers namely Bilal and Ikramullah stayed at residence of his arrested co-accused Muhammad Rafaqat on Dec 26, 2007. Further more, on Dec 27, 2007 Hasnain Gul got the two suicide bombers prepared at his residence for launching the suicide attack on Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. While leaving in accused Rafaqats taxi the suicide bombers left one shawl, one pair of joggers and a cap at the residence of accused Hasnain Gul, the report said.
JIT sent these items to FBI DNA Laboratory, Quantico USA through US legal attachÈ office, US Embassy Islamabad vide SIG HQ letter No HQ/SIG/Ops/471/09/1985-87, dated 12-9-2009 to obtain DNA profile of above mentioned articles for comparison with DNA profiles already prepared by Armed Forces Institute of pathology, Rawalpindi vide their report No: DNA- 01/2008 (addendum), dated Jan 04, 2008 from body parts of three different individuals, the FIA report submitted in the court said. US legal Attache office, US Embassy, Islamabad vide its letter No IS-C/I63-A, dated March 26, 2010 has provided final DNA result of FBI Laboratorys forensic DNA examination, said in the report.
Comparison report of FBI Lab has corroborated Hasnain Guls confessional statement by confirming that 2 terrorist who left shawl and pair of joggers and cap in Hasnain Guls residence were killed in the blast on crime scene in Liaqat Bagh on 27-12-2007, the report maintained.
Forensic examination of cell phones numbers used for the execution Benazir Bhuttos assassination plot was conducted in SIG Computer forensic Laboratory. The IMEI analysis of cell phones have revealed that the cell phone recovered from Muhammad Rafaqat at the time of arrest was in use of Hasnain Gul on the day of occurrence i.e 27-12-2007, the report claimed.
The Accused Hasnain Gul and Muhammad Rafaqat were arrested by Police on Jan 05, 2008. They subsequently made confessional statement u/s 164 Cr.PC before the learned Magistrate. In their confessional statements both have revealed that they received two suicide bombers namely Bilal and Ikramullah along with accused Nasarullah (killed in Momand Agency on 15-01-2008) near Daewoo terminal Rawalpindi on Dec 26, 2007.
Monday, June 14, 2010
By Shakeel Anjum
ISLAMABAD: The report of a team of the FIA) about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, established by Interior Minister Rehman Malik, which has hitherto been kept confidential, leaves some basic questions unanswered and deliberately ignores main signs leading to real plotters. In reality, this report, a copy of which is exclusively available with The News, also follows the findings of a controversial joint investigation team (JIT) established by Musharraf.
The report, however, established that all the terrorists, who took part in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, had links with Maulana Samiul Haqs seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak and majority of them were its regular students.
The FIAs team was hurriedly established on August 6, 2009, some 35 days after the UN Inquiry Commission reached Pakistan to investigate the killing of Benazir Bhutto. It started work on July 1, 2009. The Interior Ministry established the JIT, headed by the Director of the FIAs Special Investigation Group (SIG), Khalid Qureshi, who was also a member of the Musharrafs JIT.
The Interior Ministry ignored all the legal aspects while creating the JIT and didnt include even a single member of any other investigation or intelligence agency in the team.The second JIT was established for a parallel investigation to the UN Commission. However, it didnt take any step ahead and kept waiting for the findings of the UN commission. The FIA report, submitted in the court of law, said, The Ministry of Interior Government of Pakistan notified the transfer of the case to FIA for further investigation vide letter No 1/1/2008/DS(FIA) dated 06-08-2009 and constituted JIT to be headed by Director SIG. AD Shoaib Ahamad was notified as investigating officer of the case. Subsequently Wajid Zia Director (ECW) FIA, Sohail Habib Tajik Additional Director SIG FIA, Azad Khan Additional Director SIG Karachi, Ghulam Asghar Jatoi Assistant Director FIA Karachi were notified as members of JIT.
During the earlier investigation it was reported that some of the accused had studied and resided in Madrasah Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak before and during the day of occurrence of Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi. Hence, Government of Khyber Pukhtunkhaw was requested to provide necessary assistance to the JIT to verify madrasah record on the spot. On 12-05-2010 SIG team headed by Inspector Naseer Ali Kan visited Madrasah Darul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak and met Wasal Ahmed, Nazim-e-Talimaat, said in the report, adding, The administration of the seminary produced all the relevant registers of admission and discharge from madrasah for inspection of investigation team. The investigation team checked all the registers in order to identify accused involved in the assassination of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi.
During the complete inspection of the accused detected by the investigation team were Abdullah alias Saddam son of Ali Rehman resident of Village Lakaro, Mohmand Agency; Nadir alias Qari Ismail son of Musafar resident of Khazana Kalbat, district Swabi; Rasheed Ahamad alias Abdul Raheem Turabi son of Qudrat Shah resident Village Srikh Morzai P.O. Batagram tehsil Shabqadar District Charsaddah, and Faiz Muhammad son of Shah Nazar R/o Village Zaida District Swabi. The FIA report said, The investigation team seized the original forms pertaining to the above mentioned accused persons vide registration No 21716, 17816, and 23629, wasal Ahamad Nazim-e-Talimaat in statement under 161 Cr PC promised to produce the original admission registers in court as and when required. The investigation team during inspection of record found that above mentioned four accused involved in the assassination of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto remained students of Madrasah Haqqania, as a result their complete particulars have been confirmed.
Wasal Ahamad, Nazim-e-Taleemat, in his statement under section 161 Cr PC also disclosed that accused Said Arab son of Azim Khan resident of Chota Lahore, Swabi, Gul Roz son of Ali Akbar resident of Chota Lahore, Swabi, Muhammad Shafique son of Badshah Gul resident of Gar Tajik Peshawar and Rasheed Ahamad alias Abdul Reheem Tarbi son of Qudrat Shah resident of Village Srikh Morzai P.O Batagram, Tehsil Shabqadar Distt. Charsadda were also students of Darul Uloom Haqqnia and were arrested by police in Kamra Missile Attack case 2008 for their alleged connection with Tehrik Taliban Pakistan. JIT is also examining the role of Madrasah Darul Uloom Haqqania management regarding harbouring of terrorists involved in this case, the report maintained.
Accused Hasnain Gul was arrested by police on June 05, 2008. He subsequently made confessional statement under section 164CrP.C before the learned magistrate. His confession included that 2 suicide bombers namely Bilal and Ikramullah stayed at residence of his arrested co-accused Muhammad Rafaqat on Dec 26, 2007. Further more, on Dec 27, 2007 Hasnain Gul got the two suicide bombers prepared at his residence for launching the suicide attack on Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. While leaving in accused Rafaqats taxi the suicide bombers left one shawl, one pair of joggers and a cap at the residence of accused Hasnain Gul, the report said.
JIT sent these items to FBI DNA Laboratory, Quantico USA through US legal attachÈ office, US Embassy Islamabad vide SIG HQ letter No HQ/SIG/Ops/471/09/1985-87, dated 12-9-2009 to obtain DNA profile of above mentioned articles for comparison with DNA profiles already prepared by Armed Forces Institute of pathology, Rawalpindi vide their report No: DNA- 01/2008 (addendum), dated Jan 04, 2008 from body parts of three different individuals, the FIA report submitted in the court said. US legal Attache office, US Embassy, Islamabad vide its letter No IS-C/I63-A, dated March 26, 2010 has provided final DNA result of FBI Laboratorys forensic DNA examination, said in the report.
Comparison report of FBI Lab has corroborated Hasnain Guls confessional statement by confirming that 2 terrorist who left shawl and pair of joggers and cap in Hasnain Guls residence were killed in the blast on crime scene in Liaqat Bagh on 27-12-2007, the report maintained.
Forensic examination of cell phones numbers used for the execution Benazir Bhuttos assassination plot was conducted in SIG Computer forensic Laboratory. The IMEI analysis of cell phones have revealed that the cell phone recovered from Muhammad Rafaqat at the time of arrest was in use of Hasnain Gul on the day of occurrence i.e 27-12-2007, the report claimed.
The Accused Hasnain Gul and Muhammad Rafaqat were arrested by Police on Jan 05, 2008. They subsequently made confessional statement u/s 164 Cr.PC before the learned Magistrate. In their confessional statements both have revealed that they received two suicide bombers namely Bilal and Ikramullah along with accused Nasarullah (killed in Momand Agency on 15-01-2008) near Daewoo terminal Rawalpindi on Dec 26, 2007.
