The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday granted bail to two senior police officers, Saud Aziz and Khurram Shehzad, who were convicted in Benazir Bhutto murder case.
The two officers have been granted bail against security bonds of Rs 0.2 million each. Earlier this month, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi convicted additional inspector general Saud Aziz and senior superintendent of police (SSP) Khurram Shehzad and fined them Rs 1 million each.
But five suspects allegedly linked with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were acquitted for lack of evidence. The police officers were sentenced to 17 years in prison for negligence and security lapses that led to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader’s assassination.
