KARACHI, April 3: A Pakistani policeman who led the probe into the murder of US reporter Daniel Pearl will travel to Jamaica to help police investigating the murder of cricket coach Bob Woolmer.
Mir Zubair Mahmood, deputy inspector general of investigations in Karachi, will be accompanied by another senior official and both are expected to leave on Wednesday, Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Nasim Ashraf said.
Talking to newsmen, Mir Zubair said one of his main tasks was to provide the government with details on how the case was progressing.
He said the delegation would travel to Jamaica with an open mind and stay there as long as they were needed.Mr Mahmood was the head investigator in the kidnapping and murder case of journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002. The American was killed by militants while investigating links to the Sept 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
Mahmood and Kaleem Imam, a senior official of the Federal Investigation Agency, have been picked by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the government to go to Kingston to assist the authorities.
Bob Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his hotel room on March 18, the day after Pakistan lost to Ireland and were knocked out of the World Cup. He was pronounced dead in hospital later that day. Jamaican investigators are treating the death as murder.“At the moment we are going with an open and blank mind. We will see what happens when we get there,” Mahmood said.
“How long we stay there depends on the demand and the situation.”—Agencies
