Day to day progress of Raymond Davis Case

26/01/2011:
An American Citizen, claimed to be an official of US Embassy, named Raymond Davis, has shot dead two motorcyclists. According to the reports, the Technical Advisor of US Embassy, killed two motorcyclists near Qartaba Crossing, Lahore, Pakistan. He was arrested by Traffic Wardens near The Mall, Lahore, while he was trying to escape. Thereafter, some US Consulate personnel who was coming to rescue Raymond Davis ran over a motorcyclist at Jail Road, Lahore. The names of the two motorcyclists, short dead by Raymond Davis, were reported as Faizan and Fahim, while the person who was ran over by the Land Cruiser of the US Consulate was named Ibad ur Rahman.

Raymond Davis has claimed that his brutal act was to protect him, as the motorcyclists were trying to robe him. After crushing the innocent Fahim, the Land Cruiser of US Consulate disappeared. It is also reported that the No. Plate of the said Land Cruiser was also fake.

The police registered two separate cases; one against Raymond Davis for killing two persons, and one against the unknown person who was driving the Land Cruiser killing Iabad ur Rahman.

After this sad incidence, thousands of protesters gathered in the various parts of the city and protested against this brutal act of a US national.

28/01/2011:-
The Lahore Police has produced Raymond Davis before the Magistrate, Cantonment Area. Before the Magistrate, the accused too the plea that he had killed the two youths in self-defence. “Spotting the armed youths chasing me to rob me of my belongings, I fired at them when they came close to me,” Davis sought permission to contact the US consulate for legal help. He was remanded in police custody for six days and will be produced before the court on Feb 4.

Rana Sanaullah, Punjab Law Minister persuaded the Federal Government "not to succumbed or give in to any national or international pressure in the trial of Davis". He further said that the investigation would be conducted on merit, he added.

Punjab Police after being failed to trace out the US consulate employees whose car ran over a motorcyclist have sought the help of Foreign Office’ to identify those persons.