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Mir Raza murder case: Judicial commission turns down MLO's request to record further statement

KARACHI: A judicial commission formed to investigate the circumstances and possible negligence in the Mir Raza Ali murder case declined on Monday a request by Dr Osama Shaikh — the medico-legal officer who conducted the slain businessman’s first autopsy — to record a further statement. Sindh High Court’s Justice Omar Sial, who heads the one-member commission, observed that Sheikh had “appeared on…

Mir Raza murder case: Judicial commission turns down MLO's request to record further statement

Karachi: A judicial commission charged with examining potential negligence in the Mir Raza Ali murder case declined a request on Monday by Dr Osama Shaikh, the medico-legal officer who performed Ali’s initial autopsy, to record an additional statement. Justice Omar Sial, who leads the one-member commission, stated that Shaikh had appeared on social media and claimed he had more information to divulge.

When asked if he believed Ali’s death was a suicide, Shaikh clarified that he did not, and instead wanted to justify his findings that the bullet entered Ali’s body from the front.

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