Daily Times
February 15, 2011
By Raja Riaz
Following are excerptsMr. Riaz's news story.
LAHORE: The text of the incomplete challan submitted in the court is being produced here:
The case was handed over to Lytton Road Police Station In-charge Investigation Inspector Muneer Ahmad. During the investigation, the inspector took the dead bodies of the two (victims of Davis) Faizan Haider and Faheem Shamshad from the emergency ward of the Services Hospital and in the guard of policemen sent them to the mortuary. Lytton Road Police Station SHO, Atif Meraj Khan, took the belongings of the dead and other material in his custody and got them registered in fardats (the relevant papers) and handed over to the investigation officer. The detail of the things is as follows: one belt, one pistol pouch, one handbag, two wallets, five mobile phones (Nokia 18910, Samsung, A1303, Sony Ericsson T 700, Nokia 1616, 6300), Pakistani and foreign currency (Yen 58,915, Omani Baisa 1100, Piso 10), two national identity cards bearing Faizan Haider and Zohra Shahzads names and different pieces of papers. Later, the IO visited the crime spot and took in possession the following things: the deceased persons Honda motorcycle bearing number LOV 4030, the blood of the two deceased on cotton buds, two pistols of 30 bore belonging to the deceased, pieces of shattered windowpanes of the accuseds vehicle, two empties, a 9mm pistol. They were sealed and registered in relevant documents. The IO drew a rough sketch of the crime scene and recorded the statements of eyewitnesses. All things were recorded while the two traffic wardens signed the papers as witnesses. The IO collected all these things from the custody of the Old Anarkali circle DSP and now this all material is being sent to the federal government through the Ministry of Interior for action and research. The DSP handed over a hand-written statement of the accused, written in the presence of the DSP, to the investigation officer. This statement reads that when the accused halted his car at the traffic signal of Qartaba Chowk, one of the two motorcyclists pulled his pistol at him. He took out his pistol and fired at them in self-defence. The driver of the motorcycle ran away and the second fell on the motorcycle.
Faizan Haider received five arm injuries. Two injuries were on the backside left buttock near the spinal cord and three in the front - right side of the chest, two on the left thigh.
The deceased Faheem also got five arm injuries two injuries on the back side in lumber area. One bullet entered the left elbow and crossed in front, second entered in the head from the upper side of the ear and third entered from the left side of the belly and came out from the right and another bullet hit the left thigh. The parcels of the material related to the case have been submitted to a chemical examiner and the Forensic Science Laboratory.
The car used by the accused is the property of one Sohail Nisar, a resident of Gulberg, who has given it to a company Capital Car Rental and the company has given it on rent to American consulate on annual basis. The car has also been sent for forensic examination. On 11 February, on the conclusion of physical remand, the accused is being sent to jail on judicial remand.
AMERICAN EAGLE COMMENT: As Mr. Davis was driving a car leased to the US Diplomatic Delegation by the above named Sohail Nisar you can understand that American's renting a year at a time a car on annual lease would have to have a GPS included in the rental car for neophyte American drivers to be able to get around in the large and busy City of Lahore.
You should ask "What does or do these selected remarks from a mere newspaper story tell us?"
ANSWER: The story verifies that Mr. Davis faced armed robbers who sought to harm his person and take his money and that he thus fired in self defense. Both robbers received wounds from the front sides of their persons, see highlighted in rec verification on both robbers being hit from the front above.
What does this boil down to? ANSWER: Proven, known to the Lahore Police that the two robbers had a multi-crime criminal history. The police should have quickly gone to the residence or residences of the two failed robbers and sought out further stolen goods there.
The FACT remains that the Police did recovery various assorted stolen goods from the two robbers at the scene of their failed robbery attempt on Mr. Davis.
THe loss of life is regrettable but is a clear cut result of living a life of crime.
