Hindustan Surkhiyan Desk: Days after Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the body parts of the dissident journalist were found at the Saudi consul general’s home, a UK-based broadcaster reported on Tuesday. According to Sky News, the 59-year-old Washington Post contributor’s body had been “cut up” and his face “disfigured”, with the remains found in the garden of the consul general’s home, situated around 500 metres away from the consulate.
The same was claimed by Dogu Perincek, leader of Turkey’s Rodina party, who in an interview said Khashoggi’s body parts were discovered in a well in the garden at the consul general’s home The development comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan termed Khashoggi’s killing a “well-planned assassination” and asked that 18 Saudi suspects should face in Istanbul.
“Why has the body of someone who was officially said to be killed not been found yet?” Erdogan asked.
Alleging that the Saudi consulate deactivated the surveillance system, he pointed out that the CCTV footage showed that Khashoggi entered Saudi consulate but in Istanbul but did not leave. He further said that he still wanted answers of numerous unanswered questions including who gave orders to the team and where the corpse is.
On Monday, a surveillance footage surfaced which established that a body double was used to cover-up Khashoggi’s murder. In the footage aired by the US broadcaster CNN, one person from the 15-member team suspected to be behind the death of Jamal Khashoggi dressed up in his clothes and was captured on surveillance cameras. The man was seen walking around in the scribe’s clothes in Istanbul after the murder took place. A Turkish official identified the man in the video as Mustafa al-Madani, who was allegedly part of what investigators said was a hit squad, sent to kill the journalist at the Saudi consulate.
A former royal family insider turned critic of the Saudi crown prince, Khashoggi, 59, disappeared after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to collect a document for his upcoming marriage. The case has shone the spotlight on the crown prince, who was credited with reforms, including giving women the right to drive, but is now accused of having ordered Khashoggi’s murder — a claim Riyadh denies.
