Ch. Aslam attack: Mystery deepens as investigation makes progress

KARACHI: As the investigation into the suicide blast that martyred Karachi police officer Chaudhry Aslam proceeding, the matter relating to the mode of operation of the terrorists getting further confounded, Geo News reported on Sunday.

The taxi driver under custody in his statement told the police that the pickup used in the blast was standing on the jack without wheel.

As regards the latest progress made in the investigation into the suicide attack on Ch, Aslam, police said that the samples of the limbs found from the scene of suicide blast have been sent to Islamabad for DNA test.

The investigation officials told that besides the samples of the limbs found at the blast site on Lyari Expressway, samples of Shafiullah, the brother of the alleged suicide bomber Naeemullah taken at the Jinnah Hospital have also been sent to Islamabad for DNA test.

Investigation officials said that the vehicle parts found at the site of incident were those of Suzuki vehicle.

The injured taxi driver told the police that the Suzuki pickup, which was used for blast, was standing on a jack, as its tyre was taken out and as soon as the double cabin vehicle came near it, the blast occurred. He told the police that he was carrying passengers from Kathor Highway to Mauripur, when the blast took place.

The investigation officials further told that the statements of the in-charge of Toll Plaza checkpost and three staff have also been recorded.