Shahzeb Khan, 20 years old, was gunned down on 24th December, 2012. —File Photo

Adnan Ayub Ali, a relative of the deceased, deposed that police inspected the body of the victim at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and a memo of inspection and an inquest report were prepared and he and another man signed the documents as witnesses.

A medico-legal officer prepared the report of a post-mortem examination. The witness said that he had put his signature as the identifier of the body and later it was delivered to him by the police for burial.

The investigation officer recorded his statement under Section 161 of the criminal procedure code, he added.

The defence lawyers also cross-examined the witness.

After completion of his statement, Judge Ghulam Mustafa Memon of the ATC-III adjourned the hearing till Saturday for evidence of other witnesses.

Shahrukh Jatoi, Nawab Siraj Ali Talpur, his younger brother Nawab Sajjad Ali Talpur and their house servant Ghulam Murtaza Lashari have been charged with killing 20-year-old Shahzeb in Defence Housing Authority on the night of Dec 24, 2012.