KARACHI: The judicial commission investigating the Mir Raza Ali case recorded the statements of his partner Ahmed Bharde and an online taxi driver.
During questioning, the one-member commission headed by Justice Omar Sial of the Sindh High Court asked Bharde about the partnership agreement, attempts to access Mir Raza’s smartwatch, the change of a mobile number, and his efforts to retrieve his account from the watch through the deceased’s sister.
Bharde told the commission that notifications on Mir Raza’s smartwatch contained de-tails of payments involving several people. He said delays in payments had caused problems.
Mir Raza, an IBA graduate and businessman, was found dead in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar a day after he went missing on July 28.
The final postmortem report confirmed by police on August 31, has conclusively ruled out suicide, confirming that the young businessman died as a result of a gunshot wound.
The commission questioned Bharde over his interaction with Mir Raza’s family, observ-ing that he appeared to be asking them for money rather than offering reassurance.
It also questioned him about access to CCTV footage from the shop, alleging that he had extracted two-second clips of his choice and provided them to police. Bharde said he had initially received only a short video.
The commission also asked Bharde why he had obtained pre-arrest bail. He replied that Mir Raza’s relatives had been asking about him at the hospital and had said they would deal with Ahmed after the funeral. –Agencies
