JIT completes task over Saulat Mirza’s video statement

KARACHI: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has completed its task over startling video statement of condemned prisoner Saulat Mirza, said sources in the Sindh Home Department.

According to sources, several new revelations are unearthed in the report of JIT. It will be sent to Interior Ministry within a few days.
The JIT is led by DIG Traffic Karachi Dr Amir Sheikh and comprises SSP Special Branch, SP CID, ISI, MI and IB officials.

The JIT was formed to probe startling revelations unearthed by Saulat Mirza, a former worker of Muttahida Quami Movement. Hours before his scheduled execution on March 19, Mirza hurled serious allegations at his former party and its chief Altaf Hussain in a confession video.

He said MQM’s senior leader Babar Ghauri passed on to him Altaf Hussain’s orders of assassinating KESC chief Shahid Hamid. Mirza also claimed that the party uses Governor Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad’s influence to protect MQM’s criminal workers.