Three more suspects were arrested in the high-profile Nazim Jokhio murder case on Tuesday.
An investigation team probing the murder case took the men identified as Razaq, Jamal and Wahid into custody and shifted them to an undisclosed location for questioning.
The police said the arrests were made in light of the statements of the accused who are already in police custody on physical remand, adding that a digital video recorder (DVR) installed at the farmhouse of main accused PPP MPA Jam Awais was also recovered following information provided by them.
On Monday, a local court extended the physical remand of MPA Jam Awais Gohram in the Nazim Jokhio murder case. The police produced him in Malir court and the investigation officer informed that two accused of the case have been at large.
The court while extending physical remand of the accused including the MPA ordered the police to submit its progress report in the next hearing of the case.
Nazim Jokhio, a local journalist, was allegedly tortured to death at the farmhouse of accused PPP MPA for trying to prevent his foreign guests from illegally hunting endangered houbara bustard.An autopsy found severe torture marks and bruises all over the body of the deceased.
“Jam Awais mostly used to remain under the influence of drugs,” police officials informed media. “Nazim Jokhio was subjected to torture until he died. His body might be tortured even after his death,” officials said.
“Police will add another charge in the charge sheet against the accused,” officials said. “DVR of the cameras installed at his outhouse has been found missing”.
“Jam Awais didn’t surrender to the police, but he was forced to surrender himself. He had fled from Karachi to Khuzdar,” according to police. “Later he returned to Karachi and reported to police,” officials said.“
The case against Jam Awais is purely a case of murder. The police have also initiated investigation of the murder with the help of the mobile phone data,” according to police.
