DNA tests link Adeeb to weapons seized from Nazim’s home, say police
DNA tests link Adeeb to a pistol seized at Nazim’s home, but the breakthrough is not conclusive proof of a set-up, the police said.
22 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
DNA tests have established a link between former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and a pistol seized from former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim’s home, the police confirmed tonight.
The explosive findings have been taken widely as evidence that Adeeb ordered rogue police officers to frame Nazim. However, the police were quick to stress that the breakthrough did not “conclusively” prove a set-up.
The retired colonel has already spent more than 18 months in jail on a weapons smuggling charge. He was handed an 11-year sentence last April in a trial condemned as grossly unfair.
The police’s midnight admission wrapped up a night of high drama that also saw Home Minister Umar Naseer’s resignation.
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