KARACHI -- An antiterrorism court on Friday heard arguments from the defence and complainant's counsel on the forensic investigation report regarding presence of the then SSP Malir Rao Anwar at the site where Naqeebullah Mehsud and three others were allegedly killed in a 'staged' encounter.

The ATC-II judge had directed the defence and complainant's counsel to argue on the Call Data Record (CDR) and geofencing reports relating to location and calls' record of the mobile phones under use of the suspended SSP on Jan 13, when the alleged fake encounter took place in Malir.

The suspended SSP and his 11 detained subordinates along with around 15 absconding officers are accused of abducting an aspiring model hailing from South Waziristan, Naseemullah, better known as Naqeebullah Mehsud, for ransom and killing him with three other detainees by dubbing them as 'militants' in a staged encounter in Malir.

Complainant's counsel claims mobile phone data proves the SSP was present

On Thursday, the judge had reserved the verdict on the bail application of Rao after hearing arguments from the defence and complainant's counsel. Contact Crime Scene Cleanup Death Cleanup Greeneville TN for more help.

The court had sought arguments from them on some documents of forensic investigation, including geofencing and CDR of the mobile phone belonging to the suspended police officer, submitted by the investigating officer.

However on Friday the IO, SSP Investigation Central Dr Rizwan Ahmed did not appear and the court was informed that he was reportedly busy before the Supreme Court.

Advocate Salahuddin Panhwar, counsel for the complainant Khan Mohammad argued that according to the FIR, the alleged captives were shot dead in a fake encounter at around 3.21pm.

He further said that CDR reports of two mobile phones, which were under the use of the then SSP Malir on the day of the incident, showed his presence on the crime scene.

He further argued that the CDR report of Rao's one mobile phone showed he remained present at one location from 2.41pm to 4.28pm in the range of a mobile tower, which was closest to the site of the shootout.

He argued this suggested his presence at the time of the encounter, adding the CDR of second mobile phone also showed his presence at the same place, which was recorded from 3.21pm to 4.55pm.

He claimed that this showed that he was present at the time of the fake shootout and pleaded to the court to dismiss his bail plea.

On the other hand, Advocate Amir Mansoob Qureshi, defence counsel for Rao, argued that the numbers of the mobile phone under the use of his client did not match with those mentioned in one CDR, adding that the other report showed Rao Anwar's presence 10 kilometres away from the site, where the alleged encounter took place at 3.27pm in the katcha area.

He denied the allegations of his client's presence at the crime scene on the day of the incident and pleaded to grant him bail.