A investigation committee formed by the police investigating the death of the Senior Dawnnews Journalist Khawar Hussain Bajwa ruled that he died for suicide, according to a copy of his final report available with Dawn.com.
The senior journalist was found dead in his car last week, parked in Hyderabad Road in Sanghar under what the police called “mysterious circumstances.” The body was found in the driving seat, with a gunshot wound in the head.
The day after the incident, the police said they were investigating the incident “from all possible angles” and that an investigation committee had formed to investigate Hussain’s death. This Committee, led by the Inspector General of the Additional Police of Sindh (PGI) (Department of Contribution) Azad Khan, composed of the deputy of the west of Karachi IGP Irfan Baloch and the police superintendent (SSP) of Sanghar (SSP) Abid Baloch.
The Committee reached its conclusion based on a detailed examination of the crime scene, witness interviews, postmortem and forensic report examination and Image analysis of CCTV, concluding that the cause of death was suicide.
“It is clear for the Forensic Firearms report than the lonely bullet that caused [the] The death of the deceased was fired from his 9 mm license gun, recovered from his right hand, ”said the report.
The report said that Hussain’s vehicle was parked outside a restaurant in Sanghar for two hours, according to a “exhaustive” analysis of CCTV images from the scene. He affirmed that there was no evidence that he knew anyone, or anyone approached the vehicle.
“The blackening (thread deposition) around the input wound mentioned in the first postmortem report of the Sanghar Civil Hospital suggests a short-range shot. The re-postmorem made in LUH (Liaquat University Hospital), Hyderabad, mentions the blackening, load (burns around the margin of the wound) and the mark of the mugoz (the crrasion/infring of Mocle of Weapon on the skin) at the entrance of the skin) at the entrance entrance. ” “” “” “”
The report declared that snout marks occur when the snout of a firearm is firmly pressed against the skin when firing.
“The findings exclude homicide or accidental fire as a cause of death,” the report said. “The committee considers suicide as the only probable cause of death.”
The committee also said that Hussain died at some point between 9:58 pm and 10:35 PM also pointed out that it is unlikely that their findings change, despite the pending reports of laboratory and shooting waste tests.
“Several journalists and acquaintances trusted, outside the registry, about some friends of the deceased, which were [the] Cause of a severe crack between him and his spouse, ”said the report, mentioning that the reason behind the incident needed greater investigation.
“However, this aspect was not mentioned at the moment, since this would require interviewing and questioning their friends, colleagues and family, in this moment of pain.”
A request was submitted to the Interior Department of Sindh for the constitution of a Medical Board that includes doctors and forensic experts to perform a “Post Mortem Exam just, transparent and impartial.”
Sanghar Ssp Baloch said that Hussain’s brother -in -law told the Police that he did not inform them about his arrival on Saturday, although he asked them to have an annual religious ritual according to the family’s tradition. Hussain had not told his friends in Sanghar about his visit or attended the ritual.
“His sister confirmed that he had celebrated Eidul Azha with her at her insistence, after her parents moved to the United States this May,” he said.
