Islamabad: Chief Justice Supreme Court took suo motu notice of the murder of DSP Aurangzeb Khan’s son, Shahzeb Khan, on Tuesday. SC directed the relevant authorities to submit a report with respect to the case.
The chief justice summoned the advocate general Sindh and the provincial police chief on January 4, ordering them to bring reports on the case and the investigation.
The heinous incident that sparked anger and worry among a large number of students, civil society and political leaders of the country.
Protests and rallies are being held countrywide to urge the authorities to take action against the culprits involved in the incident.
Shahzeb Khan was killed some days ago by two men reportedly belonging to a powerful landlord. The said people had engaged in an argument with the youth and later took his life to ‘settle the matter’.
According to sources, the incident occurred following an argument between Nawab Siraj Talpur and Shahzeb Khan in which the latter’s sister was verbally harrased by the former’s servant.
Consequentially, Talpur and Jatoi followed Shahzeb and later shot him down by spraying bullets at his car.
According to reports, the two main accused within the case, Talpur and Jatoi, later fled off to Interior Sindh and have avoided arrest – thanks to police insider information being conveyed to them before the arrest.
According to Shahzeb’s father Aurangzeb, immense political pressure has been asserted onto the police and it was PPP’s Nabil Gabol’s (Shahzeb’s uncle) interception which led to lodging the FIR in the first place.
In the most recent development in the issue, police have reportedly arrested security guard of one of the accused murderers.
