Jamim killing linked to Butwal shootout

Jamim killing linked to Butwal shootout
Jamim killing linked to Butwal shootout
02 Mar 2010


KATHMANDU: The police have found a link between December 25 shootout in Butwal and the killing of media baron Jamim Shah.

A Nepal Police source at the Metropolitan Police Range told The Himalayan Times today that the wife of Shaukhat Baeg, aka Parvej, who was killed in Butwal shootout, has identified the person who bought the bike used in the killing of Jamim Shah as the shooter who killed her husband. The police believe he is the same person who killed Jamim Shah.

“The shooting of Parvej took place when he was sitting in front of his motor garage with his wife. Two men came on a bike and stopped in front of Parvej and Najma Khatum. They talked with Parvej for nearly half-an-hour. Parvej’s wife told the police that they had no clue that the two had come to kill Baeg,”said the source.

“Suddenly the man who was riding pillion took out his gun and shot Parvej in the forehead. The two then sped away,” said the source, quoting Najma.

After Najma gave her statement to the police, she has been provided with tight security. Her whereabouts cannot be revealed for her security. Najma is the sole eyewitness in the Butwal shooting case and MPR considers her the most vital link in the two cases.

The shooter in Jamim Shah’s murder used a maroon coloured motorbike (Ba 17 Pa 8733), which has been impounded by NP and was shown to the media in a press meet. The police said Miteri Saving and Cooperative Finance Company had financed the bike. The man, who got the bike financed from Miteri, left his identity card with the company. The card is in the custody of the NP team probing into the murder of Jamim Shah.

Najma, who was shocked to the see the photo in the ID card, has identified it as being similar to that of the man who shot Parvej, according to the police source.

The police believe Mohammad Bakher Said to be the shooter, while they have yet to identify his accomplice, said the source. Said was also involved in the murder of a counterfeit currency racketeer, added the NP source.