'Major suspect' arrested in Ali Raza Abidi assassination case: sources

KARACHI: Police and intelligence agencies have arrested a major suspect in the murder case of former MNA Ali Raza Abidi from Karachi airport, sources told ARY News on Friday.

According to sources, police arrested a “top suspect” when he was trying to fly abroad from Karachi airport and have moved him to an undisclosed location.

Moreover, the police, acting on the information provided by the two arrested suspects, have arrested three more people from different areas of the city.

Sources added that police will announce the arrest of suspects in a day or two.

Later in the day, IG Sindh Syed Kaleem Imam told media that police have attained a breakthrough in the investigation and will soon announce the arrest of culprits.

Earlier, Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda, in a presser in Rawalpindi, too announced that he is in contact with law enforcement agencies and that the police will soon arrest the murderers and their mastermind.

The brutal assassination

Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MNA Ali Raza Abidi was gunned down late night on December 25 outside his residence in DHA area of the metropolis.

The CCTV footage of the incident showed that two unidentified assailants chased Abidi and when the politician stopped his vehicle in front of his residence, in Khayaban-e-Ittehad locality, one of the assailants opened fire on Abidi and managed to escape from the scene.

Police officials said that the former MQM leader was alone in his car when he was attacked. The officials confirmed that he received bullet injuries in the attack and was taken to the hospital in critical condition where he succumbed to his injuries.

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