IG Sindh puts forward names of officers to probe Baldia factory fire

KARACHI: Ghulam Haider Jamali, Inspector General Sindh Police, on Wednesday wrote a letter to the provincial Home Department, seeking formation of a team of investigators to further probe the Baldia Town factory inferno that devoured over 250 people.

The IG suggested appointment of Additional IG Crime Khadim Hussain Bhatti as head of the proposed team besides induction of DIG Crime Branch Mushtaq Shah as member of the panel.

He also proposed inclusion of representatives of FIA and Rangers for the investigation team.

The IG said that the probe team is being formed under the directives of the prime minister and in the light of JIT report.