Zainab murder case: Shahid Masood fails to present any evidence, SC informed

Zainab murder case: Shahid Masood fails to present any evidence, SC informed

Lahore (Staff Report/Agencies): The allegations of TV anchor Dr Shahid Masood regarding the Zainab murder case accused have been declared baseless on Thursday, the sources reported.

Under the supervision of DG FIA Bashir Memon three member Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing Dr Shahid Masood's claims regarding the Zainab murder case convict submitted its report to the Supreme Court.

The JIT report has declared all of the 18 allegations, leveled by the anchorperson, baseless. 

According to reports, JIT could not find any evidence regarding accused Imran’s connections with a political group, violent child pornographic gang, international mafia or a serving federal minister. There are no proves of any bank accounts of the arrested accused.

The seven year-old-girl was found from a garbage pile, on January 4, about five days after she had gone missing from her home. The post-mortem revealed that Zainab was raped and killed. Later, police succeeded in nabbing the suspect, Imran. However, trial court has not sentenced the accused to death due to the investigation regarding Shahid Masood’s report.