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There are many channels which are spreading all sorts of rumours...!
U can only trust Cricinfo and Geo TV! Thats it!!!! 😡

Originally posted by: rangella

A cut mark on assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed's nose and team manager Talat Ali's alleged using of a fake name to change hotel room prompted the sleuths to interrogate them again in connection with Bob Woolmer's murder, claimed a media report.

Things are really fishy down under

I dunno about talat Ali but as far as Mushtaq's cut mark is concernd, he got a ball hit on his nose during a practice session in West indies b4 the match wid Ireland. He was immediately taken to the hospital!

https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20070324T210000-050 0_120857_OBS___PAKISTANIS_QUIZZED_A_SECOND_TIME_.asp

3 Pakistanis quizzed a second time Police say they found inconsistencies in initial statements

BY KARYL WALKER Sunday Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com Sunday, March 25, 2007

Jamaican police probing the murder of Bob Woolmer yesterday said that three senior members of the Pakistan cricket delegation were questioned a second time after minor inconsistencies showed up in their initial statements.

The three - team manager Talat Ali, assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed, and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq - were interrogated in Montego Bay yesterday afternoon, a few hours before they boarded a flight to London.

Pakistan cricket team manager Talat Ali (photo at left) and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq (photo right) leaving the team bus at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay yesterday afternoon. The team was scheduled to leave the island last night to London enroute to Pakistan. (Photos: Paul Reid)

At a press conference called at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, where Woolmer was killed a week ago, Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields said the interrogation was standard procedure and didn't mean any of the three were suspects in the murder.

"This is a serious murder investigation, we have to plug all leaks," Shields said.
The revelation threw cold water on reports that circulated earlier in the day that two Pakistani cricketers had been detained by local police in connection with the murder of the Pakistan team coach.

Even though the Pakistan team and officials have been allowed to leave the island, it does not mean that they have been ruled out as possible murder suspects, Shields said.
"There is no extradition treaty between Jamaica and Pakistan, but we trust that the Pakistan Government will co-operate on this issue," Shields told the Sunday Observer minutes after the press conference.

Pakistani diplomat Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri (right) and Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields leave a news conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston yesterday. (Photo: Karl McLarty)

Pakistani diplomats, Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri and Said Ahmed, who flew into the island yesterday morning, are here to assist the Jamaican Government with their investigations into the high-profile murder, which has attracted the attention of media houses around the globe.
The two join team trainer Murray Stevenson, and Pakistan Cricket Board operations manager Asad Mustafa, who will stay in the island until a coroner's inquest is completed and Woolmer's body is released to his family.

"No one has been named as a suspect, so we will cross that bridge when we reach it," Chaudhri said when asked if his government would be willing to send back any suspects named by the local cops.
"We are pleased with the Jamaican police and the co-operation of the Jamaican Government," Chaudhri said." Since we have been here we have been fully appraised of the situation involving Mr Woolmer's death."

Despite the absence of an extradition treaty, the Pakistan Government has, in the past, sent back Pakistani youth cricketer, Zeeshan Pervez, who was accused of raping an American resident inside a room at the Sutton Place Hotel in Kingston in August 1996. Pervez was eventually acquitted of the charges.

Also in the island is chief investigator of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit, Jeff Rees. Allegations that match fixing is behind the killing of the cricketing icon have abounded since news of Woolmer's demise broke last Sunday.

Shields said while the police were taking the allegations seriously, it was not the only area they were probing.
Minutes before the Pakistan delegation boarded their plane, team media manager Pervez Mir said the incident had taken a severe toll on the team.

"There is lots of anxiety and lots of pressure had built up in the side, but they are dealing well with the tragedy," Mir said as the team disembarked from a bus at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James.
None of the Pakistan team members were made available for comment.

Homicide investigators have not yet handed over the ill-fated room 375 on the 12th floor of the hotel and yesterday Shields informed reporters that a review of closed circuit TV footage from the hotel's 12th floor was not yet complete.
He also said results of tests conducted on fluid and tissue samples taken from Woolmer's body had not yet been handed over to the police.

The police are also studying the electronic room key which was issued to Woolmer to find out what and how many times his room door was opened during the hours leading up to his death.

Reports reaching the Sunday Observer are that after Pakistan's embarrassing loss to Ireland, there was a heated argument between team members and the late coach on the team bus.

Bob Woolmer was 58 at the time of his death, which police say was caused by asphyxia due to manual strangulation.

additional reporting by Paul Reid

Imran Nazir (?) (2nd row, 2nd from right) seems to be smiling 😕, at memorial service held in memory of Woolmer. Strange if true!

Originally posted by: SolidSnake

Imran Nazir (?) (2nd row, 2nd from right) seems to be smiling 😕, at memorial service held in memory of Woolmer. Strange if true!

oh pleaseeeee....😡....there is no sign........the pic isn't clear as well.....and please STOP accusing pak cricketers for murdering him 😕... if u aren't sure about anything then i advice u to stop making judements about our team..

Thnx

Woolmer police study hotel tapes

Woolmer's body will remain on the island till after an inquest
Investigators in Jamaica say they have recovered CCTV footage from the hotel corridor where murdered cricket coach Bob Woolmer's room was located.
Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said they were hopeful that the footage from the 12th floor could yield images of whoever strangled Woolmer last week.

He said the tapes are now in a secure location and being converted digitally before being properly analysed.

The breakthrough came as the Pakistani cricket squad arrived in London.

Jamaican police investigating the murder questioned Pakistan's players before they left the island.

They are crucial as they may give us an image of the murderer or murderers of Bob Woolmer

Mark Shields


Aspects of cricket 'fixed'

Suggestions of a heated row between Pakistan cricketers and Woolmer hours before his murder have been denied by a team official.

Spokesman Pervez Mir said there was silence, not confrontation, in the wake of the team's surprise World Cup defeat by Ireland on 17 March.

Woolmer was found strangled in his hotel room early the next day.

Mr Shields said that the CCTV cameras were installed at either end of the corridor and that, while they did not show Woolmer's actual room, they should tell police who came in and out of the passageway.

"They are crucial as they may give us an image of the murderer or murderers of Bob Woolmer," he said.


Inzamam was one of three squad members questioned
Mr Shields said that the footage would now be converted onto a digital format so that it could be properly examined and to ensure that the original film did not get damaged in any way.

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, team manager Talat Ali and assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed spoke to police on Saturday.

Mr Shields said the extra questioning had been only a formality.

The squad has now landed in Britain and hopes to leave for Pakistan on Sunday night, Mr Mir told the BBC.

Rift rumours

Speaking after the squad arrived at London's Heathrow airport, Mr Mir said the players were shell-shocked by the surprise loss to Ireland, which saw Pakistan eliminated from the World Cup.

There was no confrontation in the dressing room. There was no confrontation in the bus. In fact it was a stunned silence

Pervez Mir
Pakistan spokesman

The team has been dogged for years by damaging internal rifts and suggestions of power struggles between Inzamam and Woolmer.

However, Mr Mir denied widespread reports of any clash with the coach.

"There was no confrontation in the dressing room. There was no confrontation in the bus. In fact it was a stunned silence."

Woolmer then went to his room with a final word for his captain, telling Inzamam-ul-Haq "it is a sad thing we are parting this way".

The circumstances surrounding the defeat by Ireland have become a key part of the police investigation into Woolmer's murder.

DNA samples

Pakistan's players and management touched down in London shortly before midday on Sunday and were ushered away from the waiting media.

Woolmer's body is being kept in Kingston until an inquest is held.

We are 110% sure [that none of the Pakistan team were involved]

Mushtaq Ahmed

Detectives in Jamaica believe Woolmer probably knew his killer - or killers - as there were no signs of forced entry into his room and none of his belongings had been stolen.

Pakistan's players had already given police DNA samples and fingerprints as part of the probe into Mr Woolmer's murder.

However, Mushtaq was confident that none of the Pakistan team could be implicated in Woolmer's murder.

"God willing, I am 110% sure [that none of the Pakistan team were involved]," he said.

Two Pakistan government officials have travelled to the island to liaise with the Jamaican authorities over the investigation.

Originally posted by: Fiza_87

oh pleaseeeee....😡....there is no sign........the pic isn't clear as well.....and please STOP accusing pak cricketers for murdering him 😕... if u aren't sure about anything then i advice u to stop making judements about our team..

Thnx

Arre, where did I accuse anyone?

Woolmer suspects 'not Jamaican'

Woolmer's body will remain in Jamaica until after an inquest
Police in Jamaica investigating the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer say they do not think his killer was from the local community.
But they have not ruled out the involvement of a professional hit-man in the death of the 58-year-old.

Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said: "That's a possibility. I rule absolutely nothing out at all."

Shields believes suspects are unlikely to be Jamaican, as firearms or knives are the local "favoured weapons".

Shields, who is leading the investigation, said: "It seems highly unlikely a Jamaican has walked off the street, gone up to the 12th floor in a secure lift, gone along to his room, got into his room without any sign of forced entry, murdered him and then not stolen anything at all."

He confirmed that the manager of the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit is investigating any possible links between the murder and match-fixing.

[The CCTV images] may give us an image of the murderer or murderers of Bob Woolmer

Mark Shields
Jamaica deputy police commissioner


Aspects of cricket 'fixed'

He said: "The match-fixing aspect of this is being carefully handled. Jeff Rees from the ICC is here at the moment, from the Anti-Corruption Unit.

"He's going to assist us. I promised him a couple of officers to work along with him.

"He and his team have the expertise. We have to tap into that to see if there's anything within their world of corruption that may have some impact on Bob's death."

But former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan was dismissive of the match-rigging link.

Imran said: "I still find it hard to believe that anyone would have a motive to kill Bob Woolmer.

"It makes no sense, this theory about some match-fixing mafia."

The Pakistan team is in London on its way home. Mr Shields said he let the team leave to avoid a diplomatic row.

He said he was working with Pakistani diplomats to secure their return to Jamaica if needed.

The two countries have no extradition treaty.

Shields says no evidence leads to team

Pakistan no longer suspects in Woolmer case

Cricinfo staff

March 27, 2007



Mark Shields: "I have got no evidence to suggest it was anybody in the squad" AFP



Pakistan's players have been ruled out as suspects in the murder of Bob Woolmer, according to the deputy commissioner of Jamaican police. Mark Shields, the detective in charge, said: "It's fair to say they are now being treated as witnesses.

"I have got no evidence to suggest it was anybody in the squad," he said in Australia's Herald Sun. "There is still a very strong possibility that [Woolmer] knew the person or persons."

Shields said the players could be ordered back to the West Indies if the situation changed, but there were two diplomats from Pakistan's Washington embassy representing the squad in Jamaica. "[The diplomats] were taken to the crime scene for the first time today," Shields said. Pakistan left the Caribbean on Saturday and stopped over in London on their way home after exiting the World Cup in the first round.

Shields said in The Times police were also trying to track down three Pakistan supporters who spent a great deal of time with the players. "We are looking for them to eliminate them [from our enquiries]," Shields said in the paper.

The three reportedly were close to the players and appeared with them at press conferences and after matches. The paper said they were believed to have left Jamaica shortly after Woolmer was found dead on March 18. Police were anxious to speak to them because of their access to the squad, but were not singling them out for special attention.


CCTV footage from the 12th floor of the Pegasus Hotel is expected to help the investigators, who have started viewing the tapes of the day Woolmer was strangled. Jeff Rees, the ICC anti-corruption chief investigator, is due to look at the report of Chris Broad, the ICC match referee, from the Ireland-Pakistan match to determine whether there is any link between the result and Woolmer's death a day later.

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