The FIA has claimed that Kenyan police allegedly refused to give Pakistani investigators access to one of its officers who is believed to have killed senior journalist and anchorperson Arshad Sharif in Kenya. was shot.
According to a report published in the Voice of America on Saturday, it quoted Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Mohsin Hassan Butt as saying that Kenya Police General Service Unit (GSU) The officer claimed that shots were fired at the car in which Arshad Sharif was riding. when it allegedly operated a checkpoint.
He was among the four officers who fired at Arshad Sharif’s car.
However, the Kenyan police refused to give Pakistani investigators access to the officer.
“We believe the Kenyan police are involved in the targeting of Arshad Sharif,” But told JEE News, noting that many things throughout the episode were very strange.
“Not giving access to a shooter who had a hand injury two weeks ago. That’s also very strange. That officer’s statement would have been very important.
Butt added that the next step was to register Arshad Sharif’s murder case with the FIA in Pakistan under Section IV of the Extradition Act.
But such a case will be filed only on the direction of the federal government.
According to the FIA chief, the Kenyan police are bound by international law to cooperate in the investigation of a crime such as the brutal murder of a journalist.
Citing the findings of investigators who traveled to Kenya earlier this month, Butt said the three Kenyan police officers who fired at the vehicle, questioned by Pakistani investigators, gave highly contradictory and contradictory accounts. Irrational statements were given.
He said that the three attackers repeated the same position that the Kenyan police had previously released to the media that they stopped a vehicle on the bridge but opened fire on it when the vehicle did not stop, and in response also fired on the Kenyan police. went car.
The GSU officers further told investigators that their vehicle was parked a few meters away from the roadblocks and the vehicle’s headlights were on.
