An un verified audio recording that is distributed online and is reported in the local media suggests that the police had been taking a special treatment from Armaghan, the main suspect in the murder of Mustafa Amir, 23.
The recording, which emerged on Thursday, presents the uncle of Armaghan, Asif Jamil Qureshi, in a conversation with a senior police officer.
In the conversation, Qureshi identifies himself as the establishment under Dig Cia Muqaddas Haider. He affirms in the registry that he had personally assured the surrender of Armaghan and stayed with him for two hours in a bungalow before his arrest.
The officer assures Qureshi that Armaghan would not be subject to torture. He acknowledges that Armaghan remained in a “good place” due to the influence of his uncle and that the same had been communicated to Armaghan.
The filtered audio also suggests that Qureshi had tried to offer RS500,000 to obtain additional privileges for his nephew.
The officer is heard to reject the amount, stating that Armaghan was not a “five Lakh” party and that a prison official had demanded RS5 million for better conditions in jail.
Officials have not yet commented on the authenticity of the recording.
Mustafa Amir, 23, disappeared from the Karachi DHA on January 6, and took the police in 39 days to determine what had been killed. His carbonized body was later discovered in Baluchistan.
Armaghan, an acquaintance of the victim, was arrested on February 8 after a dramatic four -hour confrontation, during which he opened fire against the police, injuring a DSP and an agent.
The case presented the links to an alleged drug network, particularly that it involves cannabis trade, in which both the suspect and the victim were participated. The investigation led to a police repression, which resulted in the arrest of several people, including the son of actor Sajid Hasan, Sarim Hasan.
In the midst of developing investigation, the assistant sub -inspector (like) Nadeem of the Gizri Police was also scrutiny for its alleged links with the suspect. The authorities revealed that like that Nadeem had been in communication with Armaghan, who according to him was related to ongoing investigations. However, suspicions arose that the officer could have helped protect Armaghan from the legal consequences in a previous case.
While Nadeem was questioned and then published, the authorities have declared that they can follow more consultations if necessary.
In addition, three police officers were suspended and degraded by miscarriage of the case.
In addition, the Super Court of Sindh (SHC) has also ruled that the judicial prison of the main suspect Armaghan Qureshi and the formation of a joint investigation team (JIT), previously ordered by the administrative judge of the Anti -Terrorist Courts (ATC) in Karachi, were without problems. The Court recommended withdrawing the administrative powers of the judge, marking a rare representative of procedural decisions in a case already under intense public scrutiny.
Meanwhile, Asif Jamil Qureshi was among the eight police officers accused in the alleged extrajudicial murder of Rasul Bakhsh Brohi, a Jamshoro worker, who, according to the reports, was killed in a police meeting staged in the Kadap area of Karachi on July 12, 2006.
After the incident, Brohi was falsely presented as notorious Dacoit Maskooq Ali Brohi. The case was registered at the Sakrand Police Station based on a complaint filed by its widow.
The defendant included high agents of the law, such as SP Chaudhry Aslam, DSP Irfan Bahadur, Inspector Ishaq Lashari and Inspector Nasirul Hasan, along with officers Bahauddin Babar, Sarwar Commando, Nazeer Ahmed and Asif Jamil Qureshi.
On July 31, 2008, the Superior Court of Sindh (SHC), under Judge Khawaja Naveed Ahmed, acquitted the eight officers, citing lack of evidence. The ruling occurred after the key ocular witness of the Prosecutor’s Office did not identify the defendant, which led the court to dismiss the case.
