More witnesses summoned in Tatla case

LAHORE:An additional district and session’s court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of Shahbaz Tatla murder case after cross examining three witnesses.

The court adjourned the hearing until tomorrow (Saturday) and summoned more prosecution witnesses to record their statements. So far, the court has recorded statements of 15 witnesses in this case. According to the details, police had accused SSP Mufakhar Adeel of murder of Shahbaz Tatla. Police claimed that the SSP Mufakhar had confessed to have murdered Shahbaz Tatla.

However, later, he retracted from his statement. The police further claimed that Mufakhar first strangled a former law officer and then burnt his body in an acid drum. Later, the accused dumped the remains of the victim in a drain. The accused had planned murder of Tatla with the connivance of their mutual friend Asad Ali Bhatti.