Police suspect attempt on CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry’s life
ISLAMABAD: According to the Islamabad Police, the traffic mishap the chief justice and his family narrowly escaped was actually an attempt on the lives of the members of his convoy. A police report registered in the federal capital accuses two Islamabad Traffic Police officials of attempted murder.
Assistant Sub Inspectors Fazal Karim and Liaquat Ali, who had parked their police car in the middle of the highway where the chief justice and his security convoy was traveling, have been arrested.
As Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his family narrowly escaped injuries, sixteen security personnel of his convoy were injured in the accident, some of them seriously.
Police sources say that the two arrested officials will be produced before a district judge on Thursday. -DawnNews
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Do you feel it was a mere accident and negligence or something more sinister? Timing of the incident makes it “suspect”.