Relatives of Pak anti-graft investigator contradicts suicide theory

Islamabad: Relatives of a senior anti-graft investigator, who was found dead in mysterious circumstances, on Saturday alleged that his body bore marks of injuries though a preliminary autopsy report concluded that he had committed suicide.

Kamran Faisal, an Assistant Director of the National Accountability Bureau, was on Friday found hanging from a fan in his room at the Federal Lodges, a government hostel in Islamabad.

Faisal was part of the team investigating allegations that Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf had accepted bribes to clear power projects.

News channels reported Faisal’s father Abdul Hamid had shown the marks to reporters and demanded a judicial inquiry into his son’s death. Faisal’s relatives said they did not believe he had committed suicide.

Media reports have said Faisal had been “under pressure” and had written to his superior last November, asking to be taken off the investigation into the power projects.

A preliminary autopsy report submitted to police concluded that Faisal had committed suicide, said Sahrif Astori, a spokesman for state-run Polyclinic Hospital.

“Since this was a high-profile case, we formed a five-member board of surgeons, physicians, pathologists and other experts,” he said.