Two held for planning to kill a doctor

Accused were hired to do the job against a payment of Rs0.9m

KARACHI:

The police arrested two alleged target killers who were planning to kill a doctor in the city.

Reportedly, the suspects, identified as Qalil and Sagheer, had received an advance payment of Rs50,000 and the remaining amount of Rs850,000 was to be paid after the job done.

SP Zafar Changla said that the police received reports that a foreign national had given the task to the arrested suspects to carry out the crime but the timely action by the authorities prevented a major crime from taking place.

The SP said that the suspects had planned to flee abroad after the incident, but they were caught on a telephone call, which was intercepted by the police and sensitive agencies.

The police have also recovered illegal weapons to be used in the murder, the officer said.

Zafar said that the suspects, Qalil and Sagheer, revealed during the investigation that they had conducted a reconnaissance of the doctor and were planning to kill him on Monday morning.

They also informed the police that they had planned to film the incident and send the video abroad. The suspects had hid a camera in their cap to capture the act and share it with their foreign master.

Sources said that the accused had to make a video of the murder as an evidence to receive the remaining amount of the contract.

The police are investigating the case further.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, April 9^th, 2023.