May 18, 2007	Friday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 01, 1428

KARACHI, May 17: A new chapter of confusion opened in the Bob Woolmer case on Wednesday with reports claiming that two Pakistani investigators, Mir Zubair and Kaleem Inam had questioned six players and two officials recently in Lahore.

A private TV channel reported the players had been sent questionnaires and were further interrogated by the two investigators who recently returned from Jamaica where they were sent by the Pakistan Government to assist the Jamaican authorities for probe into Woolmer's death. Woolmer died on March 18 in Kingston after Pakistan had lost to Ireland in the World Cup.

Reports said that Mushtaq Ahmed had specially come down from England to be questioned by the investigators. But Pakistan manager, Talat Ali said he could confirm he was not questioned by anyone. "I am not sure about the others. But no such development has come to my knowledge. I will have to find out," he said.

Sources close to the Pakistani investigators insisted no formal investigations had taken place with the Pakistani players. "They might have had informal discussions with the players but nothing official because the Pakistani detectives are not the official investigators of the Woolmer case. The Jamaican police are investigating his death. So it is wrong to say Pakistani investigators have questioned the players," a PCB source said. "The fact is that the Pakistani investigators went to Jamaica to assist in the case. It was not their jurisdiction to probe the case," the source said.—Agencies