A new chapter of confusion opened in the Bob Woolmer case today with reports claiming that two Pakistani investigators, Mir Zubair and Kaleem Imam had questioned six players and two officials recently in Lahore.

A private television channel reported the players had been sent questionnaires and than questioned by the two investigators who recently returned from Kingston, Jamaica where they were sent by the Pakistan government to assist the Jamaican authorities in the probe into Woolmer’s death.

There have been conflicting reports over whether Woolmer was murdered or died of natural causes. Reports said that Mushtaq Ahmed, who was the assistant manager of the Pakistan squad in the World Cup had specially come down from England to be questioned by the investigators.

But, the Pakistan manager, Talat Ali when contacted said he could confirm he was not questioned by anyone. “I am not sure about the others. But no such development has come to my knowledge. I will have to find out,” he said.

Sources close to the Pakistani investigators insisted no formal investigations had taken place with the Pakistani players.

“They might have had informal discussions with the players but nothing official. Because the Pakistani detectives are not the investigators of the Woolmer case. The Jamaican police are investigating his death. So it is wrong to say Pakistani investigators have questioned the players,” one source said.

He pointed out that as far as the Pakistani detectives were concerned the probe into Woolmer’s death was still inconclusive and everything else said about the tragedy was mere speculation at this stage.

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