KARACHI, Nov 28: The additional district and sessions judge, East, Rana Zaki Shamsi, on Wednesday directed the investigation officer of a case pertaining to the murder of a 12-year-old boy to produce the police file on Dec 7, the next date of hearing.

The body of the boy, Mohammad Anas, a student, was found hanging in Masjid-i-Aqsa, in Shah Faisal Colony on Oct 30. Police suspected the boy was murdered and that it was not a suicide case.

Anas, hailing from Muzaffargarh in Punjab, had been staying with his maternal grandfather Qari Abdul Rahman, the teacher of the madressah adjacent to the mosque.

The police had registered a murder case (FIR No.294/2007) against Hafiz Manzoor Ahmed, Moazzin of the mosque.

Judicial Magistrate, East, Maqbool Ahmed Memon has already recorded the confessional statement of the accused.

The investigation officer of the case, SI Ghulam Mustafa Shah, had submitted an interim charge-sheet on Nov 15. About 14 prosecution witnesses, including Mohammad Naveed Akthar, Qari Abdul Rahman, Noman, Raees Noori, Dr Abdul Jabbar (medico-legal officer of the JPMC), SI Yusuf Niazi and ASI Amin Memon, are to testify in the case.