Sindh Forms JIT to Investigate Mir Raza Ali’s Murder Following Judicial Commission Recommendations
KARACHI:The Sindh government has formed a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the murder of Mir Raza Ali as part of the implementation of recommendations made by a judicial commission.
The JIT will be headed by Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Irfan Baloch. Senior representatives from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Pakistan Rangers Sindh and the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) will also be included in the team.
The Sindh government has sent letters to the relevant institutions, requesting them to nominate officers for the investigation.
Meanwhile, another committee has been proposed to conduct further investigations in light of the judicial commission’s recommendations. The proposed committee will be headed by a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officer of Grade 20 or above.
The Sindh government has written to the federal Ministry of Interior, requesting the nomination of a senior FIA officer. DIG Irfan Ali Baloch and DIG Naeem Ahmed Sheikh will also be members of the proposed committee.
Separately, a one-member inquiry committee comprising Additional Inspector General of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Zulfiqar Ali Larak, has been established to examine the roles of police officers and personnel named in the judicial commission’s report. DIG West Irfan Ali Baloch will assist the committee.
According to the notification, the committee has been tasked with investigating four key areas: assessing the capabilities and performance of the officers and personnel named in the report; evaluating overall police performance; further investigating Inspector Ghaus’s role in the burning of the crime scene; and submitting a report containing its findings and recommendations to the Inspector General of Sindh Police.
The Sindh Home Department has also written to the Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP), seeking action against the police officers and personnel named in the judicial commission’s report. The commission’s observations and the recommendations of a subcommittee of the provincial cabinet have also been forwarded to the IGP.
In addition, the Home Department has sent a letter to the Sindh health secretary in light of the judicial commission’s observations.
The cabinet’s subcommittee has recommended removing Dr Usama Sheikh, who conducted Mir Raza Ali’s initial post-mortem examination, from his position and sending him for two years of training.
