Our Correspondent
\nMARDAN
\nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General Police (IGP) Salahuddin Khan Mehsud addressing a news conference on Monday said that there was no concrete evidence yet to register a case against Abdul Wali Khan students.
\n\u201cWe did not find any concrete evidence under which an investigation or legal action can be launched against Mashal, Abdullah or Zubair,\u201d Mehsud told reporters.
\nMashal Khan was lynched by an angry mob that accused him of committing blasphemy while another student Abdullah was injured.
\nThe IGP informed reporters that prior to the murder, investigating officers had not found anything on social media but after the incident, there was a lot of activity.
\nHe added that police had sought the FIA\u2019s help in the probe. \u201cWe have sought the help of FIA because there are manufactured, edited pictures and videos on social media sites for which we need an expert opinion of the FIA.\u201d
\nSuspect confesses he acted upon university admin\u2019s directions against Mashal
\nWajahat had given a speech in university premises against Mashal Khan and other students upon the directions of university administration
\nA prime suspect identified as Wajahat has admitted to his role in the lynching of Mashal Khan, the student who was brutally murdered by charged mob in Abdul Wali Khan University last week.
\nAccording to police sources, lynching.
\nWajahat said he was called to the chancellor\u2019s office on April 13 where 15-20 people were present. He added that despite officials from the university administration, lecturers Ziaullah and Asfandyar were also present in the office.
\nSources quoting Wajahat said that he had given a speech in university premises against Mashal Khan and other students upon the directions of university administration.
\nWajahat said he told other students that he himself had heard Mashal and others committing blasphemy, adding that if he had known the conspiracy being hatched against the affected students, he would have never attended the university on the day of the incident.
\nEarlier, Abdullah the student who was injured by the mob also recorded his statement before the magistrate. In his statement, Abdullah claimed that prior to the murder of Mashal Khan, the administration of the university was \u2018deadly\u2019 against him because he was critical of loopholes in the system. \u201cHe [Mashal] had also given an interview to AVT Khyber disclosing and unleashing the aggression and hostility of university administration.\u201d
\n\u201cMashal Khan criticised the administration for misusing the authority and not providing the best services to students especially the under-privileged.\u201d
\nIn the statement, Abdullah claimed the actual perpetrator, who was the class representative, along with other students blamed him, Mashal and Zubair of committing blasphemy.
\n\u201cI bluntly refused the despicable allegations and then recited Kalma in front of them and also translated the same in both languages, Urdu and Pushto. After hearing the Kalma from my mouth, they forced me to give a deposition that Mashal Khan had committed blasphemy but I refused as I have never heard any scandalous or blasphemous words by Mashal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our Correspondent MARDAN Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General Police (IGP) Salahuddin Khan Mehsud addressing a news conference on Monday said that there was no concrete evidence yet to register a case against Abdul Wali Khan students. \u201cWe did not find any concrete evidence under which an investigation or legal action can be launched against Mashal, Abdullah […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n