Bhutto Assassination Case Prosecutor Shot Dead A leading Pakistani prosecutor working on the Benazir Bhutto murder case has been shot dead in the capital Islamabad. State prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar was shot multiple times by gunmen who intercepted his vehicle in a busy street in the capital. His bodyguard was also wounded and a woman passer-by killed during the attack. Police officer Mohammad Yousuf said: "Chaudhry Zulfiqar was driving his car. He lost control and the car crushed a woman passer-by. Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December 2007 Zulfiqar was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The gunmen fled and a massive search has been launched. The prosecutor was on his way to the anti-terrorism court hearing the Bhutto case in the neighbouring city of Rawalpindi. Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was this week placed under two-week house arrest over charges that he conspired to murder Ms Bhutto. Mr Zulfiqar had been given extra government security last year after police investigators working on the case received threats which also named him. Former Pakistan ruler Pervez Musharraf has been placed under house arrest He was also the government's lead prosecutor in a case related to the 2008 terrorist attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, in which 166 people were killed. It is not yet clear who is responsible for the shooting, which comes days before Pakistan holds general elections. No one has ever been convicted for Ms Bhutto's assassination after a campaign rally in Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007. Mr Musharraf's government blamed the killing on Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who denied any involvement. He was killed in a US drone attack in 2009. He returned to Pakistan in March after four years in self-imposed exile to make a political comeback, but was barred from running in the parliamentary election because of investigations into his rule between 1999 and 2008.