Pak security agencies tracing source of ‘toxic letters’ received by superior judges

ISLAMABAD: In response to the life-threatening letters laced with white energy acquired by 17 judges of the superior courts in Pakistan, the investigative businesses of the nation try to show the perpetrators, Daybreak reported on Friday.Investigators within the capital have traced these letters to the Normal Put up Workplace in Rawalpindi, however because of the absence of CCTV cameras on the premises, the senders have but to be recognized.After the letters have been opened by the courtroom workers, it was extensively believed that the suspicious powder within the envelopes was ‘anthrax’, a dangerous substance that causes an an infection upon contact with pores and skin.Nevertheless, forensic evaluation has revealed that the letters despatched to LHC judges didn’t comprise anthrax, fairly “carbohydrates having arsenic traces”.Daybreak reported that the preliminary investigations have revealed that the arsenic was not in its pure type.”There have been no traces of anthrax or another poisonous chemical compounds,” sources advised Daybreak. They added the investigating businesses had additionally been instructed to hint the fingerprints on the envelopes to catch the attackers.The Punjab Protected Metropolis Authority had additionally been instructed to hint the senders of the suspicious letters via its surveillance cameras put in throughout the provincial capital.At Thursday’s cupboard assembly, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to unearth the plot apparently aimed toward threatening judges of superior courts via letters carrying a suspicious powder.”The federal government is investigating the matter with the sense of duty to uncover the truth,” the prime minister mentioned in his speech on the federal cupboard.Within the matter, Pakistan’s residence division additionally held a gathering within the provincial capital attended by prime police and forensic officers. In line with sources, the CTD constituted a activity drive headed by the DIG to hint the culprits and their motives behind sending these paperwork.With regard to the safety of judges and their workers members, the house division and different line businesses have determined that the judges be offered scanning machines to scan earlier than opening suspicious letters or envelopes. It was additionally determined that every one Lahore Excessive Court docket judges’ workers members be supplied coaching in addition to equipping them with devices to deal with suspicious letters and articles in an knowledgeable method, Daybreak reported. Because the investigation in Islamabad inched ahead, the CTD crew led by DIG Shahzad Nadeem Bukhari traced the letters despatched to the Supreme Court docket and the Islamabad Excessive Court docket to the Normal Put up Workplace in Rawalpindi.Sources aware about the investigation advised Daybreak that following the supply of those ‘poisonous’ letters to the judges of the apex courtroom and the excessive courts, the investigation crew had managed to ascertain that they have been dispatched from the Rawalpindi GPO and the sender mailed all these letters via a put up field.Although the letterbox has been recognized, the identification of the sender remains to be not recognized.Sources mentioned that the efforts have been being made to hint the sender via CCTV footage and the authorities involved had been requested to furnish the footage, Daybreak reported. Sources mentioned that it was troublesome to establish who introduced these letters to the put up workplace since there have been no cameras put in contained in the crowded premises. In line with sources, the investigation crew has requested adjoining places of work and buildings to share footage from their respective CCTV cameras.When contacted, Islamabad Police Spokesperson Taqi Jawad advised Daybreak that the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD) was investigating the case. In line with him, DIG Operations Syed Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari was personally supervising the investigation. He expressed hope that the investigation crew would hint the senders quickly.Following the incident, the IHC administration took a number of precautionary measures and the administration has determined to return all letters and not using a correct sender’s handle, Daybreak reported. The letters to the highest courtroom despatched by an unknown group ‘Tehreek-i-Namoos-i-Pakistan’ accused the judiciary of “pretending to do justice” and claimed the battle for petty politics and vested pursuits wouldn’t be tolerated anymore. The textual content threatened that the poisonous substance within the envelopes was a warning for others to ‘repent’ or face the results. The phrase “Welocme [sic] to Bacilus anthracis [sic] !!!” was additionally written together with a photograph of a human cranium and bones.