JIT decides to record statement of Zeeshan's brother

Sahiwal incident

Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on Friday has decided to record statement of Sahiwal firing victim Zeeshan's brother.

According to details, Ahtesham and other eyewitnesses have been summoned to police club Friday.

Earlier, Lahore High Court (LHC) had ordered a judicial inquiry into the alleged encounter in Sahiwal and directed session judge to complete the investigation in one month.

Hearing the petition of victim Khalil's brother Jalil, Chief Justice of LHC Sardar Shamim expressed resentment over JIT head for not recording statement of a single eye witness.

On January 19, CTD officials had killed four people, including a couple and their teenage daughter in an alleged "encounter" in Sahiwal, triggering a national outcry that prompted the government to take the security officials into custody and order an investigation into the incident.

The officials claimed that the 'terrorists' were killed in an intelligence based operation (IBO). Three other terrorists including Shahid Jabar and Abdul Rahman managed to flee during the chase near the toll plaza of Sahiwal.

They also claimed of confiscating explosives and weapons from the car adding that officers were investigating into the matter as part of the operation in Faisalabad on January 16.

Contrarily, an eye witness has told the media that the deceased were neither equipped with any weapon nor resisted officers whereas three children were also present in the car.

The eyewitnesses further said that the children while speaking to them at a nearby petrol station claimed that the "police have killed their parents".