KARACHI: The post-mortem report of Nazim Jokhio, a man murdered at a farmhouse in Karachi’s Malir area, has confirmed “severe torture marks” all over the suspect’s body.
Dr Summaiya Syed, additional police surgeon at Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC), said the autopsy carried out by Dr Mohammed Areeb revealed that there were “bruises all over the body, including the head”.
According to Summaiya, the deceased’s head also showed internal bleeding caused due to the severity of the alleged torture. “The body bore torture marks inflicted by hard and blunt objects,” she said, adding there were also signs that a severe beating was delivered on the private parts.
Furthermore, the post-mortem examination showed deep bruises over the lower lip and multiple bruises over “one aspect of the chest”. The report also stated that both hands were found “swollen with deep bruising”.
Meanwhile, a body constituted by East Zone’s Deputy Inspector General of Police Saqib Ismail Memon for a “fair and transparent investigation” of the murder has started its probe.
The investigators visited the crime scene today and recovered a trio of sticks allegedly used to torture the victim, said Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Irfan Bahadur, also the head of the probing team.
Nazim Jokhio was allegedly tortured to death at the farmhouse of detained PPP lawmaker, Jam Awais, in Malir for trying to prevent the legislator’s foreign guests from hunting the houbara bustard near the deceased’s village in Thatta’s Dabeji area.
