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| Father denies Sher Zaman's involvement in BB's murder |
| 2008-02-23 |
| The father of a person accused of being involved in the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Friday that his son was innocent and should be released. “The allegations against my son are unfounded and he should be freed immediately,” said Akbar Jan Lala from South Waziristan, at a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club. A police team investigating the assassination had told reporters in Rawalpindi that Sher Zaman was involved in the murder. Akbar said his son had never been a madrassa student or a member of a militant outfit. Sher Zaman had an FA degree from Laddah College in South Waziristan, he said, and worked as a political moharrar in the local administration. Dera Ismail Khan police had earlier implicated him in a container theft case, he said, and were unhappy when the court declared him innocent and released him. They held him on January 18 again from his house in DI Khan, he said, and handed him over to Punjab Police on a 34-day remand. “The police has not been able to prove anything against him so far,” he said. Akbar said his son had been shifted to Adyala jail at Rawalpindi and his parents and close relatives were not being allowed to visit him. Tribal Areas: He said his son was implicated in the Benazir murder case because he belonged to South Waziristan. The other suspects arrested in the case were not from the Tribal Areas, he said, which the authorities wanted to link the murder to despite Baitullah Mehsud’s denial. He demanded that the new government request the United Nations to investigate the murder. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 “The allegations against my son are unfounded and he should be freed immediately,” said Akbar Jan Lala from South Waziristan, at a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club. Because I said so! Seriously folks, these local's lie and exaggerate for the hell of it. There are too many layers of lies that I just don't believe any of them. |
| Posted by: Clem Fliter2506 2008-02-23 11:49 |