DERA ISMAIL KHAN – A young man, who played an active role in the sit-in held recently in Islamabad to protest against the killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, was found shot dead under mysterious circumstances in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday.
The bullet-ridden body of Aftab Mehsud has been found at an under-construction house in the city’s Naqeshbund Town.
Media reports suggest a piece of paper was found with the body on which names of the victim and his father and his telephone number were written.
Aftab’s father registered the case against unidentified persons, while the deceased’s body was handed to the bereaved family after post-mortem.
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Aftab’s father, Khair Badshah Mehsud, told the police that his son had left his home on Friday night. He said he received a call on Saturday and was informed about the body of his son.
A student of Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan, Aftab hailed from Makeen area of South Waziristan Agency. He moved to Karachi where he became friends with Naqeebullah Mehsud.
A sit-in was called in the federal capital earlier in February to protest the killing of Naqeebullah at the hands of Karachi police in what was called a fake encounter.
Participants of the sit-in demanded the arrest of suspended SSP Rao Anwar, who is wanted for the extrajudicial killing of Naqeebullah.
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Naqeebullah, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan, was among three others who were accused of being terrorists and killed on the orders of Anwar, who was then the SSP of Malir. Following claims of innocence from Naqeebullah’s family, an inquiry committee was formed which cleared the 27-year-old of any wrongdoing. An FIR was registered against Anwar and others in the case. Since then, Rao Anwar has been in hiding.
The police have registered a case against unidentified people for the murder of Aftab.
