Suspects in BB’s letter may come under probe

By Syed Irfan Raza

ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: The government may bring all those persons under investigation whom slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto had been blaming for attacks on her.“We will put this matter under consideration,” interior ministry spokesman Brig (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema said at a weekly press briefing here on Tuesday.

The former prime minister shortly after returning to the country from exile had reportedly written a letter to President Pervez Musharraf hinting that some influential persons wanted to kill her and if she died these people should be held responsible.

Asked if forensic experts could unearth people behind the assassination, the spokesman said the Scotland Yard team had both forensic experts and investigators and it could trace the killers and their masterminds.

He said the investigation into the tragic event outside Liaquat Bagh was in progress and the Scotland Yard team was assisting the probe.

Mr Cheema said: “We should wait for the results of the investigation which the government will share with the people.”

About the identification of suicide bomber, he said that forensic investigation was under way and the bomber was yet to be identified.

He said there was no pressure on the investigation team and its members were freely conducting the exercise. “The government is extending full cooperation to the Scotland Yard team and it can investigate any person required for the probe.”

MUHARRAM: Brig Cheema said that 35 districts across the country had been declared sensitive for Muharram processions.

He said that comprehensive security instructions had been issued to the provincial governments to maintain sectarian harmony, peace and order during the holy month. “All security agencies will remain on high alert.”