A body, which is believed to be Mustafa Amir, 23, was exhumed by a Medical Board in the presence of a magistrate in a Karachi cemetery on Friday, authorities said.
Amir was kidnapped and allegedly killed by his friends in the Karachi Defense Housing Authority (DHA) on January 6. According to the police, the young friends put their body into the trunk of their car and set it on fire in the Baluchistan hub area.
Earlier this month, the police arrested Armaghan for hurting the police in an attempt to resist their arrest in relation to the case of kidnapping of Amir. Another suspect, Armaghan’s friend, Sheraz, also known as Shavez Bukhari, was sent in police custody by an anti -terrorism court (ATC) last week.
The Interim Attorney General of Sindh, Muntazir Mehdi, on behalf of the Sindh government, had submitted revision requests in the Superior Court of Sindh (SHC), challenging the orders of ATC that denied the physical custody of the Armaghan Police and sent it to a judicial prison in its place. Armaghan was sent in police custody after Tuesday’s SHC set aside the contested order of the Administrative Judge of ATC.
Meanwhile, a judicial magistrate had allowed on Monday a request that sought the exhumation of Amir’s body and ordered the provincial secretary of Health to constitute a medical board to determine the cause of his death.
Police surgeon Dr. Sumaiya Syed, who led the exhumation team today, said Dawn.com that “an unknown burned body was exhumed in the Cemetery of Edhi, Moach Goth.”
The body was “extensively burned with the missing appendices,” he added.
Dr. Syed said that a total of “11 samples have been collected to establish identity, through the DNA profile and cross combat, including deep muscle swabs, teeth and bones.”
She said the samples were also collected for chemical analysis.
“There is a small possibility that the exhumation board can form an opinion about the cause of death,” said the police surgeon.
The body was transferred to a Morgue Edhi for preservation until identity confirmation, he added.
Cell Cell Anti-Violent Police Police Superintendent, Anel Haider Dawn.com that the samples were sent to a laboratory at the University of Karachi, adding that the results were expected within a week.
Baluchistan Police Investigation Committee
Separately, the Baluchistan police formed an investigation committee to investigate police negligence in the case.
Talk with Dawn.com Today, the Senior Police Superintendent of Hub (SSP), Syed Fazil Shah, confirmed that “the police are further investigating the matter after the defendant confirmed that the body and the car found in that they belonged to Amir.”
The SSP also confirmed that the police had formed an investigation committee for the case, under the leadership of the deputy superintendent of the Winder police, Muhammad Jan Sasoli, which would compile a report within five days and identify areas of negligence in the case .
