Scotland Yard detectives re-examine BB’s vehicle
Staff Report

RAWALPINDI—The Scotland Yard investigators on Sunday visited the police line to re-examine the vehicle, in which former Premier Benazir Bhutto was killed, while leaving Liaqat Bagh after addressing an election rally on December 27. This was the second visit of David Keith led Scotland Yard detectives since the team began investigations into the assassination of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.
The Scotland Yard international investigators reached at the Rawalpindi Police Line No.1 on Sunday under tight security arrangements, as they were welcomed by the Additional Inspector General Punjab Police, Ch. Abdul Majid, and DIG Rawalpindi, Syed Saud Aziz, SSP operations Yasin Farooq, SP Rawal Town, Khurram Shahzad, SPs Waqar Chohan, Tahir Ayub and ASP Rana Shahid
The re-examination of the vehicle was conducted by the team after watching the demonstration by the local police regarding stopping of vehicle before the attack at the spot, where PPP leader was killed and also in perspectives of the video and photographs taken by the investigators from the top a building overlooking Liaqat Bagh during their visit to Liaqat Bagh, on Saturday. The team re-examined the vehicle and took more photographs of the vehicle from different aspects and angles.
The team watched the footage of former Premier Benazir Bhutto, three times, in which she can be seen while leaving the stage after addressing the rally, getting on the vehicle, standing after opening the sunroof and thereafter gunfire assault on her. The international detectives also asked various question from the concerned Pakistani police officials, which could be helpful in the ongoing investigations. They recorded the statement of SSP operation Yasin Farooq and four member investigating team of government of Punjab also provided some evidences to the Scotland Yard team in this regard.
The sources told APP that the team re-examined the vehicle while watching the video three times on a big TV screen, kept beside the affected vehicle in the police Line in which footage of former Premier was shown, while boarding on the vehicle, opening and coming out of the sunroof and gun firing. The evidences and statements being recorded by the international detectives to move into further investigations and assess the actual situation.
JUI Chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman has said in present circumstances the Scotland Yard team will find itself helpless regarding the probe into assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Talking to mediamen at election office in Dera Ismail Khan, Fazl-ur-Rehman accused the government of creating a wheat and power crisis in the country just to divert people’s attention from the real issues.