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New committee to review Mir Raza case today

A new investigation committee will hold an important meeting today to review the Mir Raza Ali murder case.

The meeting will be chaired by DIG Aamir Farooqi. The committee will conduct a fresh and impartial investigation into the case. It will examine all aspects of the incident.

Investigators will identify and collect any new evidence linked to the case. The evidence will be properly preserved and examined. Physical, technical, circumstantial and forensic evidence will also be reviewed.

The committee will closely examine the victim’s injuries and clothes. It will also compare the two conflicting post-mortem reports.

Investigators have been directed to take all possible steps to reach a conclusion. The team will submit its findings to the relevant court within the given timeframe. Daily progress reports will also be prepared.

Additional officers may be included in the investigation if required. The committee will also record statements from members of the medical board involved in the first post-mortem.

Doctors and experts who conducted the first post-mortem are expected to be questioned. They may also be given a detailed questionnaire.

Investigators will try to determine the evidence behind the first post-mortem findings. The report had stated that the bullet entered through the chest and exited through the back.

The team will also examine how forensic evidence was documented and preserved during the initial investigation.

The second post-mortem report gave a different assessment of the bullet’s direction. Investigators will therefore compare both reports in detail. They will also examine the injuries, clothing and other forensic material.

Meanwhile, investigators have obtained details about Mir Raza Ali’s movements on the night of July 28. Details of his final phone calls and messages have also been collected.

According to the investigation, Mir Raza spoke to two people through three phone calls that night. He reportedly spoke to a person named Ali at 2:13am and again at 2:16am.

His final call was answered by his friend Abdullah. The two spoke for more than three minutes.

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