Perween Rahman murder case: Prime suspect in acquitted
The primary suspect in the murder case of well known social worker Raheem Swati, has been freed from criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty by an antiterrorism court. On Wednesday, 21st June 2017, the accused was acquitted in three connecting cases that included the possession of illegal weapons and explosive materials and shoot out with a police party.
Perween Rahman who was the director of the Orangi Pilot Project, had been shot dead on Manghopir Road in March of 2013.
ATC had acquitted the suspect from charges in three cases as the prosecution had failed to bring forth any incriminating evidence on record against him.
Conversely, the ATC had put off the hearing of the murder case against Swati after his counsel had produced a memory card of the mobile which contained a video of accused Swati. Swati’s counsel stated that the video footage had proved that his client was not even there at the scene of the crime.
The police had informed that Raheem Swati had been arrested on 7th May last year after a shoot out in the Sultanabad area of Manghopir. The police had said that they had found illegal weapons and explosives in his possession.
Furthermore the police had said that Raheem was the prime suspect in Perween Rahman murder case. Remand for Mr Swati had been obtained by the police in attempted murder, illegitimate weapons and explosive material cases.
The case is ongoing as the trial awaits before an ATC against detained suspects Ahmed Khan, alias Ahmed Ali, alias Pappu Kashmiri and Mohammad Imran Swati while Raheem. Swati, Ayaz Swati, Amjad Afridi and Shaldar Khan were shown absconders in the last charge-sheet registered in October, 2015.
The charge sheet said that whilst interrogating detained suspect Imran revealed that Raheem of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, with his brother in law Shaldar and others, had been responsible for the killing.
It affirmed that Imran also said that he was with the Awami National Party in 2010 and was part of the meeting in which the murder was planned.
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