Nazim Jokhio was tortured and killed in an attempt to flee Jam House, PPP MPA Jam Awais’ guards revealed to investigators in a major development in the hostage-cum-murder case.
PPP MPA Jam Awais is the prime suspect in the murder. His two guards, Munir and Haider, were taken into custody in the first police raid after Nazim Jokhio’s brutal murder.
“Jam Awais was intoxicated after Nazim Jokhio was brought to the dera,” a senior police officer said while quoting the confessional statements of the PPP lawmaker’s security guards, as per a report in The News. “Nazim Jokhio was tortured after Jam Awais asked him for an apology and he refused.”
Jam Awais later asked to keep Jokhio at the dera till morning, but Jokhio tried to make a run for it at midnight, the publication reported the guards as saying, adding that Jokhio was captured and tortured and died during it.
Initially, PPP MPA Jam Awais was among five people who had been nominated in the murder case, the investigation officials said, adding that after recording the suspects’ statements under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPc), the names of 11 more people have been included in the case.
At least six suspects, including PPP MPA Jam Awais have been arrested so far, the police officials said, adding that MNA Jam Abdul Karim is among the four suspects who have received pre-arrest bail.
