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Pakistani
court frees US official Raymond Davis
Wednesday March 16, 2011 06:16:11 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: A
Pakistani court Wednesday freed Raymond Davis, a US official
arrested for gunning down two men in Lahore, after blood money was
paid in accordance with Sharia law, Geo News reported.
"The family members of the slain men appeared in the court and
independently verified they had pardoned him (Davis)," Punjab
province Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told Geo News.
"He has been released from jail. Now it is up to him. He can go
wherever he wants," he added.
Earlier Wednesday, Davis was indicted by a Pakistani court. The
sessions judge charged Davis on two counts of murder at a hearing
held at the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore, Geo News reported.
Davis, 36, shot dead two Pakistanis on a motorcycle in Lahore Jan
27 following what he described as an attempted armed robbery. He
claimed that he acted in self-defence.
The January shooting sparked a diplomatic row with the US, which
persistently claimed Davis was an embassy employee and enjoyed
diplomatic immunity, particularly after it emerged he was working
for the CIA.
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