Killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud

Pakistani aspiring model killed in a fake police encounter

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1991

Place of Birth: South Waziristan Agency, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Date of Death: 13-Jan-2018

Profession: model, shopkeeper, laborer

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Killing of Naqeebullah Mehsud

  • Naqeebullah Mehsud (???? ???? ?????; also known as Naseemullah, Naqib Maseed, or by his nickname Veer) was killed on January 13, 2018 in Karachi, Pakistan during a fake encounter staged by the senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Karachi's Malir District, Rao Anwar.
  • On January 3, Naqeebullah was kidnapped along with two of his friends, Hazrat Ali and Mohammed Qasim, by Rao Anwar's men in plainclothes from Gul Sher Agha Hotel in Sohrab Goth, Karachi.
  • On January 6, both of his friends were freed by the police, but Naqeebullah was kept in captivity, tortured, and then killed on January 13 in a fake encounter in which he was shot twice in the back.
  • Alongside Naqeebullah, three other men namely Muhammad Sabir and Muhammad Ishaq from Bahawalpur and Nazar Jan Mahsud from South Waziristan were also killed by the police in the staged encounter, the latter of whom was shot from a close range.
  • On January 17, Naqeebullah's dead body was handed over to his relatives at the Chhipa Welfare Association morgue in Karachi.
  • On January 18, his body was taken by his relatives to Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where Islamic funeral prayer was performed for him, and on the same day, he was buried at his hometown Makin, South Waziristan.
  • The fake encounter sparked countrywide protests against extrajudicial killings in Pakistan.Referring to the killings, the police alleged that they killed four suspected terrorists in a shootout.
  • Rao Anwar claimed that Naqeebullah had links with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Daesh).
  • However, the claims were contested by Naqeebullah's relatives and human rights activists, especially the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (Pashtun Protection Movement), who launched a campaign to seek justice for him.
  • An inquiry committee consisting of senior police officers was formed to investigate the killing, which found Naqeebullah to be innocent, and declared that the alleged police encounter staged to kill him and three others was fake.Naqeebullah was survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son.
  • On January 24, 2019, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court declared Naqeebullah and the three other persons murdered as innocent.

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