TikToker Muskan murder case takes a new turn

Eyewitness unable to identify accused in courtroom

KARACHI:

The murder case of TikToker Muskan and three others took a turning point in the court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge in the Central Jail when the only witness of the incident deviated from his statement and refused to identify the accused.

The court ordered the eyewitness to identify the accused in the courtroom while recording his statement but the eyewitness said that the accused present in the court room is healthy while a very lean and weak boy was seen firing gunshots at the time of the incident. The registration number of the motorcycle used in the incident was not noted. The witness said he cannot even identify the bike as much time has passed.

The case was registered in Nabi Bakhsh police station in 2019.

On February 2, 2021, Muskan Sheikh, Saddam Hussein, Syed Rehan Shah, and Aamir Khan were allegedly shot dead by Abdul Rehman on the incitement of Sawera.

Rehman and Sawera were also TikTokers. Rehman used make TikTok videos with Muskan. She later came close to Amir. In tragic course of events, there was a quarrel between Sawera and Muskan and the former called Rehman.

Per police report a CCTV footage was recovered which showed a man sitting on a motorcycle was waiting at the crime scene at around 5am where the victims arrived in a car, got off and talked to the bike rider, allegedly Rehman.

The footage also showed the car-riders indulging in a fist-fighting with Abdul Rehman, who suddenly pulled out a pistol and opened fire on them causing them to fall on the ground The attacker was seen fleeing by his motorcycle towards Garden Road, the report said.

According to the police, while Muskan died on the sport, the men were rushed to the Civil Hospital in an injured condition where they later succumbed to their injuries.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 23^rd, 2023.