KARACHI, April 11: Wife of the slain principal of the Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET) is living in constant fear amid threat calls from unknown callers. Talking to Dawnhere on Monday, Mrs Simeen Saleem said that despite making appeals to the president and the prime minister, police seemed to be least interested in carrying out investigation into the killing of my husband.
DCET Principal Dr Mohammad Saleem Chauhdry was shot dead in broad day light near the Jail Chowrangi traffic signal by unknown assailants on March 25. Instead of rushing him to the hospital, his driver turned back to the college and then he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, Mrs Chauhdry recalled.
She said that following the killing, only once a senior police official visited her house. Even our statements have not been taken by the police, she said.
“Where shall we go, to whom shall we turn to and who will provide us justice” the bereaved Mrs Chauhdry said.
She said that except for the Chief Secretary Sindh, who called us to condole the death, no government functionary had even turned up or called to say a word of sorrow. It seemed that we had some thing terrible to deserve this treatment.
Mrs Chauhdry said that since last five nights she had been receiving missed calls at 3 in the morning. Two nights before the incident, my husband was also getting such calls.
“Getting fed up, he said I know who is calling, he later switched off his cellphone placing it under his pillow, next morning he perhaps erased the call details”, she recalled.
Mrs Chauhdry said that
she was still getting threat calls on the cellphone from the
two Ufone numbers. I had given these details to the police,
but there was no end to this
trauma, she remarked adding that police were even asking about the autopsy report from us.
She questioned that in these state of affairs, how could she expect that justice would be dispensed.
In an appeal to the President Pervez Musharraf, Mrs Chaudhry has sought justice from the president of Pakistan.
“After his death I have to look after three daughters, one is married and other two are pursuing education. I have no one to support me now” she maintains.
She urged the president to pass strong orders for the formation of a team in Islamabad to carry out the investigation into the assassination of Dr Saleem Chauhdry.
