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On Saturday, the CTD (Counter Terrorism Department) claimed that they have killed 4 terrorists in Sahiwal near the toll plaza which later turned out to be a fake encounter.
According to the media 4people which included 2 men and 2 women were killed in a counter-firing. Reports were filed, and according to the Lahore Inspector General, the report submitted by the CTD was not true, and the real report will soon be presented to the world.
Early Reporting
It is reported earlier that the Lahore CTD has killed 4 kidnappers on the toll plaza which was later turned into the news of terrorists.
Detailed reported has been submitted to the Punjab law minister Raja Basharat who later in a press conference readout the CTD findings. When the shady reports were aired, IG Lahore formed a joint investigation team (JIT) which included intelligence Bureau (IB), Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI). They were asked to work on the incident and report submitted by the CTD.
CTD Findings
CTD has presented their finding report to the IG Lahore. In the report, they have claimed that they were looking for Zeeshan for past for many months as he was wanted for so many terrorist and kidnapping cases.
He was involved in the kidnapping of Ali Haider Gilani, son of the former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Ghilani; Also, in the case of attempted kidnapping and murder of ISI inspector Yasir Mahmood. Zeeshan was also wanted as he was a member of Daesh group.
CTD was looking of the Suzuki Alto car for some time now, and when they found it outside Zeeshan’s house, they came to know that two other terrorists were inside his house. But they could not raid the house as it was a residential area.
When the car left the city of Lahore, CTD followed them asked them to pull over at the toll plaza. There Khalil did not cooperate with the police and opened fire on CTD.
In return, they also opened fired which resulted in them being killed. Police reported that they found weapons from their car and only opened the firing when they resisted and fired at them first.
When the other two terrorists who were hiding the Zeeshan’s house heard the news, they fled, but later they were caught in Gujranwala. Police found that they were wearing the suicidal jackets and they killed themselves by blasting their car.
Latest Update
It has been found by now that those people who were killed in the incident were not any terrorists but some innocent people who were coming back from attending a relative’s wedding.
Those poor dismissed people have since been identified, and they are as Mohammad Khalil, his wife Nabeela, their 13-year-old daughter Areeba and their neighbor Zeeshan. They were traveling in their Suzuki Alto car with three more children, two daughters, and 1 son.
Also, according to the eyewitnesses from Gujranwala, police did not found anything from the two suspected terrorists and opened fire on them just like they did in Sahiwal. Video proof has been found as the Sahiwal incident happened in broad daylight.
Video Proof
Video has been found regarding this incident where the fake encounter took place. It can be seen in the video that no fires were fired by the travelers of the car as CTD have reported in their report of finding.
Also, the eyewitnesses had provided with their explanations how the CTD were brutal to open fire even when the Khalil was cooperating with them.
Eyewitnesses have also told the media persons that after shooting Khalil and others, police took their children who were injured to the near most pump station and left them there.
The injured and shocked children told their story of how their parents died in front of them. Then after 15 minutes, CTD came back to get the children and took them to an unknown location.
Another video of Sahiwal incident during the CTD's fake encounter.Initial Post Mortem Report. four people killed in an alleged encounter by the Punjab’s counterterrorism policeAccording to the report, driver Zeeshan sustained 10 bullets, 13-year-old Areeba received six bullets while her mother Nabeela Bibi got four bullets and her father Mohammad Khalil sustained 13 bullets as a result of firing carried out by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel.
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Medical Report
The lab report is out, and it is for anyone. According to the report, 22 bullets were fired at the innocent people. Driver Zeeshan received 10 bullets; father Khalil got 13; mother Nabeela got 4 and daughter Areeba got shot 4 times. How brutal to say the least?
The other children were injured, and they were taken to the nearest hospital where they were treated for their injuries. While the youngest child 4 years old Hadia is still hospitalized, the other two siblings were treated and let go from the hospital.
Government’s Reaction
Imran Khan, prime minister of Pakistan, has expressed deep sorrow and shock over such news. Where he praised CTD for their past efforts, he made it clear that swift actions will be taken if anyone is found guilty as everyone is accountable in front of the law. Till the JIT report comes, all the CTD officials who were involved in this case are suspended.
Chief Minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar has announced 20 million for the family, although money cannot compensate for the human loss now the children are the responsibility of the state. Their medical and educational expense will be bear by the state.
A FIR has been filed against the 16 CTD officials who are involved in the killing of four people including two women. Sahiwal police have stated that the whole operation was operated by the Lahore CTD.
