Pakistan: CSI: Rawalpindi cont'd.

Investigator's seize Benazir's clothes and cell phone.

Police investigators on Wednesday took into custody former premier Benazir Bhutto’s clothes, shoes, shawl, glasses, mobile phone and bulletproof vehicle, sources told Daily Times. The sources said that Benazir’s belongings were previously kept at Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH) where the former prime minister had breathed her last following a gun-and-bomb attack outside Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi on December 27.

Sources said that investigators had obtained a record of calls made to and from Benazir’s cell phone before the attack. They have also secured details of all calls made on December 27 from within Liaquat Bagh and outside from mobile phone companies, they said.

The sources said that the left-side frame of Benazir’s glasses was slightly damaged while the left mirror had some scratches. They said that the investigators had drawn the crime scene and the position of Benazir’s bulletproof vehicle when she was attacked, and were currently examining video clips and photographs of the
incident.

Like I said, no rush or anything, guys.

Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Update: Performing autopsy is ‘obligatory’

Legal experts in Pakistan have rejected the claim of the Interior Ministry that
on refusal of Asif Zardari, husband of Benazir Bhutto, the government declined
its intent to conduct autopsy of the slain former prime minister since,
according to the law, autopsy is a necessary legal requirement in case of
accidental death.Citing sub-section (3) of section 174 of the Criminal Procedure
Code that states that the police officers deputed at the spot where any such
incident has taken place they are duty bound to get conducted the post mortem of
the body of the deceased.

And about that hosing down the scene within an hour of the explosion?

Legal experts also condemned the government's efforts to remove forensic
evidence from the site of explosion as the government got the site washed with
water. Citing section 201 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) they declare it a
punishable offence.