US diplomat hit us deliberately, says victim
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ISLAMABAD: Shozab Raza, the survivor of the accident which involved US Embassy official Lupersio Perez and killed one of the two bikers on the spot, has revealed that the US diplomat intentionally tried to crush and kill them on the night of February 14 after chasing them for quite some time on Constitution Avenue and Margalla Road.
“After hitting our bike with his SUV from behind, the diplomat kept dragging us for some time,” he said. “Not only did he hit us deliberately, dragged us purposely to crush us to death but after doing so he disembarked from his SUV just to check whether we are dead or still alive and after finding me badly hurt and my friend Muzammail almost dead, he went back to his vehicle and tried to escape,” revealed Shozab, who eventually was released ten days after the accident from the CDA Hospital after getting treatment for his broken bones.
Revealing these chilling details of a cold blooded US official, Shozab was in tears and said that "since I belong to a poor family, therefore, who cares about me because it's impossible to get even an FIR registered against such a cold blooded murderer." Police strangely has not registered a case on behalf of Shohzab but has filed a case on behalf of the father of deceased Muzammil and is pushing hard to get a Qisas Diyat (blood money) settlement for the deceased family to let the US official go scot free.
Shozab Raza, an employee of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and working in the Federal Lodges and was discharged from the hospital on Saturday, told The Spokesman that he along with his colleague Muzammil was riding on his bike and moving towards Saidpur village to drop Muzammil at his residence, when on the Margalla road, a land cruiser arrived parallel to them. “I recognised the vehicle as I had seen it before on our way and it was moving suspiciously around us. When we reached near Punjab House, the land cruiser number NK-927 hit us from our back and ragged us for a short distance,” he said.
He further said that he was riding the bike at the speed of 30 kilometres per hour. “After hitting us, the person driving the vehicle came out of it and checked Muzammil who was injured seriously, to ensure either he is alive or dead, and then again sat in his vehicle,” Shozab explained. He said he was just once contacted by some Pakistani officials from the US Embassy who attended him when he was in hospital, but later, no one from the embassy has contacted him yet regarding any compensation or assistance. It was his bike that got smashed and now he's without a mode of transport, he says.
Advocate Raja Shuja ur Rehman, lawyer of the victim, told The Spokesman that his client has registered an application in secretariat police station against the American official namely Lupersio Perez, under the charges of attempt to murder, but instead of considering it, the police registered an FIR number 15/13 of a road accident against the accused. He said the applicant of that application i.e. the father of Muzammil was not present at the time of incident but still police preferred their application just to assist the US official.
“Another FIR can also be lodged against the accused on the same case, as it is not forbidden according to laws, and we are considering to lodge it under the charges of 324, for attempt of murder because according to my client, it was not ‘an accident’ actually and the accused tried to kill both of them,” said Advocate Shuja. When contacted, SHO Qaiser Niaz Gilani of the secretariat police station told that technically, charges of attempt to murder cannot be registered in an accident, so whatever the police did was according to law.
When he was asked about the submission of challans against the accused, he replied, “the challans will be submitted soon as we were given fourteen days to submit it.” While ASI Shabbir, the investigation officer of the case again made the same statement for the same question, “We are still not given the medical report of Shozab Raza and the challan will be submitted as soon as we get the report to complete our investigation,” said Shabbir. He said that on Monday, he may get the report from polyclinic hospital as now Shozab has discharged and the hospital might have completed his medical report.
When contacted, US Embassy spokesperson Rian Harris stated that, “the US Embassy is in contact with the families involved in the accident and is working with them on issue of financial concern, in coordination with our local insurance company. We are not in liberty to discuss the details of those discussions.”
“After hitting our bike with his SUV from behind, the diplomat kept dragging us for some time,” he said. “Not only did he hit us deliberately, dragged us purposely to crush us to death but after doing so he disembarked from his SUV just to check whether we are dead or still alive and after finding me badly hurt and my friend Muzammail almost dead, he went back to his vehicle and tried to escape,” revealed Shozab, who eventually was released ten days after the accident from the CDA Hospital after getting treatment for his broken bones.
Revealing these chilling details of a cold blooded US official, Shozab was in tears and said that "since I belong to a poor family, therefore, who cares about me because it's impossible to get even an FIR registered against such a cold blooded murderer." Police strangely has not registered a case on behalf of Shohzab but has filed a case on behalf of the father of deceased Muzammil and is pushing hard to get a Qisas Diyat (blood money) settlement for the deceased family to let the US official go scot free.
Shozab Raza, an employee of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and working in the Federal Lodges and was discharged from the hospital on Saturday, told The Spokesman that he along with his colleague Muzammil was riding on his bike and moving towards Saidpur village to drop Muzammil at his residence, when on the Margalla road, a land cruiser arrived parallel to them. “I recognised the vehicle as I had seen it before on our way and it was moving suspiciously around us. When we reached near Punjab House, the land cruiser number NK-927 hit us from our back and ragged us for a short distance,” he said.
He further said that he was riding the bike at the speed of 30 kilometres per hour. “After hitting us, the person driving the vehicle came out of it and checked Muzammil who was injured seriously, to ensure either he is alive or dead, and then again sat in his vehicle,” Shozab explained. He said he was just once contacted by some Pakistani officials from the US Embassy who attended him when he was in hospital, but later, no one from the embassy has contacted him yet regarding any compensation or assistance. It was his bike that got smashed and now he's without a mode of transport, he says.
Advocate Raja Shuja ur Rehman, lawyer of the victim, told The Spokesman that his client has registered an application in secretariat police station against the American official namely Lupersio Perez, under the charges of attempt to murder, but instead of considering it, the police registered an FIR number 15/13 of a road accident against the accused. He said the applicant of that application i.e. the father of Muzammil was not present at the time of incident but still police preferred their application just to assist the US official.
“Another FIR can also be lodged against the accused on the same case, as it is not forbidden according to laws, and we are considering to lodge it under the charges of 324, for attempt of murder because according to my client, it was not ‘an accident’ actually and the accused tried to kill both of them,” said Advocate Shuja. When contacted, SHO Qaiser Niaz Gilani of the secretariat police station told that technically, charges of attempt to murder cannot be registered in an accident, so whatever the police did was according to law.
When he was asked about the submission of challans against the accused, he replied, “the challans will be submitted soon as we were given fourteen days to submit it.” While ASI Shabbir, the investigation officer of the case again made the same statement for the same question, “We are still not given the medical report of Shozab Raza and the challan will be submitted as soon as we get the report to complete our investigation,” said Shabbir. He said that on Monday, he may get the report from polyclinic hospital as now Shozab has discharged and the hospital might have completed his medical report.
When contacted, US Embassy spokesperson Rian Harris stated that, “the US Embassy is in contact with the families involved in the accident and is working with them on issue of financial concern, in coordination with our local insurance company. We are not in liberty to discuss the details of those discussions.”
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