KARACHI: The hearing of murder case of Mir Murtaza Bhutto and seven others of PPP Shaheed Bhutto (SB) group was adjourned till Nov 19 here on Friday by Additional District and Sessions Judge East Aftab Ahmed.
The court earlier recorded statement of two Defence Witnesses. The case is now fixed for final arguments.
The accused facing trial are former DIG Dr Shoaib Suddle, former SSP Wajid Ali Durrani, then ASPs Rai Tahir, Shahid Hayat and more than a dozen police officers and low ranking officials. Mir Murtaza Bhutto and his seven party men were gunned down on Sept20, 1996 when he was returning to 70 Clifton after addressing a publicaly in Yousuf Goth, District West, in an alleged shoot out with Karachi police.
