Imran Farooq murder: Suspects set to be indicted next week

ATC directs FIA to produce suspects on Oct 27

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) is expected to indict three suspects in the murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq October 27.

ATC-I Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi on Thursday fixed the indictment date for October 27 and directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to produce suspects Khalid Shamim, Mohsin Ali and Moazzam Ali before the court.



Two of the suspects, Shamim and Ali, have already recorded their confessional statements before a magistrate. In their statements, they alleged that the MQM leader was killed as he was a “potent threat to the leadership of MQM.”

Moazzam has yet to record his statement.

On December 5, 2015, the FIA had registered a case against MQM Chief Altaf Hussain and other party leaders for their alleged involvement in the 2010 murder of Dr Farooq. The slain leader was stabbed and bludgeoned to death near his apartment in Green Lane, Edgware in September 2010.



The counter-terrorism wing of the FIA had registered a case under the relevant clauses of the Anti-Terrorism Act. The clauses of conspiracy, assistance, abetment and murder have also been incorporated in the FIR.

Apart from Altaf Hussain, Muhammad Anwar, Iftikhar Hussain, Moazzam, Khalid, Mohsin and Kashif Kamran have also been nominated in the FIR. These MQM members have already been grilled by Scotland Yard.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 21^st, 2016.