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US
official to be charged with murder: Pakistani police
Friday February 11, 2011 05:15:16 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: The
Pakistani police Friday said they will lodge a murder charge
against the US official Raymond Davis, whose judicial custody was
extended by 14 days by a court in Lahore.
Davis, an official with US diplomatic mission in Pakistan, was
arrested Jan 27 after he shot dead two Pakistani men in Lahore.
Davis claimed he opened fire in self-defence as the two men were
trying to rob him.
"Our investigations have proved that it is a clearcut case of
double murder," the Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) of Lahore,
Aslam Tareen, said at a press conference.
He said the police will file the chargesheet of murder against the
American.
On Davis's claim of acting in self-defence, the officer said that
the police has "not found any such evidence nor have the
eye-witnesses confirmed that".
"He ensured that both boys were killed despite the fact that they
were running away after he fired the first shot," the CCPO added.
The city police chief admitted that the two boys were also
carrying pistols.
"However, they received bullet wounds on the back which meant that
Raymond kept shooting them without any threat. Our investigations
have confirmed that he did not want them to be arrested," Tareen
said.
The police officer also said that Raymond is "not cooperating with
the investigators and is showing a violent attitude".
Tareen said: "Sensitive documents and equipment had been recovered
from Raymond".
About diplomatic immunity for the American official, he said that
a case in this regard is already in Lahore High Court and it is
for the court to decide.
Earlier, Raymond was sent on 14-day judicial remand to Kot Lakhpat
jail in Lahore after he was presented in court following the
expiry of his earlier 14-day remand.
A spokesman of the Punjab provincial government said: "There will
be no special privileges for Raymond in the jail and he'll be
treated as any other ordinary inmate."
The arrest of Davis has triggered a major row between the US and
Pakistan.
Davis opened fire when the two men, who some reports now say were
Pakistani intelligence operatives tailing him, came close to his
car. The American has said he fired in self-defence because he
thought they were robbers.
The incident led to a third death when a speeding US consulate
vehicle coming to the rescue of Davis overran a motorcyclist.
US officials have threatened to cut the $1.5 billion annual aid to
Pakistan if Davis is not released, and Tuesday put bilateral
contacts on hold.
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