Posted on 10/23/2002 4:04:52 PM PDT by knighthawk
One of two survivors of last month's massacre of Christian charity workers in Karachi has disappeared after his release from police custody, his family and lawyer said on Wednesday.
"I have no idea where he is and I am concerned now about his whereabouts," said his wife Elisabeth Robin.
"I have contacted my family members and they too have no idea," she said.
Robin Piranditta, a witness to the massacre, was rearrested in dramatic fashion on Tuesday after a high court had declared his detention illegal. He was then formally declared a suspect in the September 25 execution-style murder of seven Christians. Police pounced on him immediately after he emerged from a courtroom, beating and dragging him to a waiting van, witnesses said.
Fayyaz Leghari, who heads the police division investigating the case, said: "We have released him, so we have asked him to remain in the city. We will keep a watch on him." Leghari said earlier authorities did not have enough evidence to keep Piranditta in custody.
Eight workers with the Christian charity Institute for Peace and Justice were shot in the head at close range by two gunmen who entered their downtown office in Pakistan's most populous city.
Seven died, while one who had been in a coma since the attack has regained consciousness. Police said they would be able to interview the witness, Robin Sharif, within a few days.
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