A senior investigator said on February
17
that
the
suspects
arrested
in
Benazir
Bhutto’s
assassination
were
part
of
a
team
instructed
to
kill
her
and
Taliban
commander
Baitullah
Mehsud
was
mastermind
of
the
plot,
Dawn
reported.
CID
Assistant
Inspector
General
of
Police
Chaudhry
Abdul
Majeed
said
at
a
press
conference
in
Rawalpindi that Baitullah Mehsud had
financed
the
assassins
and
given
them
instructions
to
assassinate
Benazir
Bhutto.
Majeed
said
that
five
important
suspects
had
been
arrested
by
Pakistani
Joint
Investigation
team
in
connection
with
the
assassination
as
two
of
them,
Aitizaz
Shah
and
Sher
Zaman,
had
made
important
disclosures
about
her
assassination.
Majeed
also
said
that
the
team
instructed
to
kill
Benazir
Bhutto
had
been
motivated
after
she
announced
to
come
to
Pakistan and pledged to take action
against
Taliban
terrorists,
in
case
she
came
into
power. |
