Police submit final challan in Ali Raza Abidi murder case

KARACHI: Police on Wednesday presented a final challan in the anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Ali Raza Abidi murder case, ARY News reported.

The investigators included confessional statements of suspects in the challan, and termed the confession a ‘big achievement’.

Police said four suspects were arrested in the case, while four others were absconding and 12 witnesses had recorded their statement.

The arrested suspects had confessed to the crime, police claim. Those who are absconding include Bilal, Hasnain, Mustafa alias Kali Charan, and Faizan.

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The police said four arrested suspects were identified as Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Ghazali, Abu Bakar and Abdul Haseeb. The investigators said arrest of Muhummad Farooq led to arrest of other suspects.

Police said the suspects were given Rs 800,000 for the murder.

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police on March 5 claimed to have arrested four suspects in Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader and ex-MNA Syed Ali Raza Abidi’s murder case.

Claiming major development in Ali Raza Abidi’s assassination case, CTD’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Naveed Khawaja told the journalists that they had apprehended at least four suspects, involved in the killing, from different areas of Karachi.

The police officer said that geo-fencing helped detect a suspect, Farooq, who was arrested today in the metropolis. Farooq identified three more suspects involved in the murder.