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ANP worker accused of target killings held

He is allegedly involved in several incidents of target killings and is also accused of being in the drugs business.

Sajjad Shafiq August 31, 2010

LAHORE: A suspect allegedly involved in the murders of two police officials and other target killing incidents in Karachi was arrested from Lahore.

According to the Lahore police, the suspect, 50-year-old Raj Muhammad Khan, is a member of the Awami National Party (ANP). He originally hails from Mansehra but had been settled in Karachi for several years.

He is allegedly involved in several incidents of target killings and is also accused of being in the drugs business. Khan has been accused of killing an ASI and a constable in Keamari, Karachi on August 8. The Karachi police had informed their counterparts in Lahore that Raju was currently in their city. He was hiding in Nishter Colony at his sister’s house and was keeping in touch with his accomplices in Karachi through his mobile phone. As a result, the Nishter Colony police carried out a raid, headed by SHO Munawer Dogar, at a house belonging to the suspect’s sister, Haji Bibi, at Ferozepur Road, from where they arrested him.

Raju was wanted by the police for the murder of ASI Ghulam Abbas and Constable Talib Hussain. Other suspects wanted for the murder are Niaz Muhammad, Mukhtiar alias Baba, Shahid, Salman Khan and three other unidentified persons. These suspects were named in an FIR, filed by the Jackson SHO.

After the attack on police officials on August 8, Raju escaped to Lahore. He was traced with the help of mobile surveillance by the law-enforcement agencies. He had been released on bail from jail a few months ago.

A police party has been dispatched from Karachi to take custody of the suspect, who is currently detained at Nishter Colony police station.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 31^st, 2010.

COMMENTS (8)

STM | 13 years ago | Reply oh come on its a ploy. they certainly can't catch the real terrorists.

MAITRE | 13 years ago | Reply What needs to be looked at is 'how the police department follows the culprits of their 'petty comrades'? I wish that Police in Pakistan practice the same strategem for other culprits as well.

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Iqbal ka shaheen | 13 years ago | Reply @Asif Ali Pashtuns attacked them because of revenge not because agencies back them correct it agencies are doing that is good for us

Asif Ali | 13 years ago | Reply I remember that in the early 1960s and 1970 the Puhstoon influx towards Karachi started and I remember also that they were really nice and hardworking people - The second wave came into the 1980s and their scope of work broadened, now they were not merely content on digging ditches and roads but due to available opportunity, they started to drive cabs and rickshaws, this also saw the wave of wealthy Pushtoons coming to Karachi and bribing the Government Transport employees to change their bus routes, this was a thriving business for Mini Bus Owners. In the late 1990s, the Pushtoon population also swelled due to increase in number of births who were born in Karachi - In 1958 the infamous raid of Captain Gohar Ayub son of Ayub Khan on Karachiites to punish them for voting Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah. Since no Pushtoon leader asked for forgiveness for this evil attack, the Karachiites also being a large hearted people forget about this episode. In 1986, sizing the rise of MQM, the agencies planned to stop this by asking it's agents to attack MQM's worker-packed buses on the way from Sohrab Goth to Hyderabad.

Syed Kashif Nawaz | 13 years ago | Reply Keeping the dynamics of Karachi in view, one may not say any thing confidently about the reason as to what type of Killing it was, Sectarian or Target, but one may be sure of the links with ANP in both the cases! People would remember the call of ANP Sindh Chief Shahi Saed to Pakhtoons to gather them at one platform i.e. ANP against MQM in Karachi, wherein he invited all sorts of Pakhtoons, including Taliban, from different political parties and from different mafias. The sole moto of this call was to make a field force based on Pakhtoons against MQM in Karachi to capitalize political and monetary gains. Whatever was the reason, we should not ignore the ties between ANP, Taliban, Jihadis and Mafias in Karachi on one agenda! i.e. Crush MQM to optimize political and monetary gain!

Iqbal Ka Shaheen | 13 years ago | Reply i think its a proxy war between iran and saudi arabia and there battle ground is pakistan i dont know why the hell iran is interferring when the majortiy population is sunni.Iran should stop balatantly interferring in our matters Iran is responsible for inciting innocent shia minority in pakistan

Naseem Haider Syed | 13 years ago | Reply Corrupt political system is supporting this culprit, Taliban mind set terrorist is responsible of Karachi unrest.

Azi Hussain | 13 years ago | Reply i know Raj Muhammad Khan he is innocent in this matter why police arrested raj khan its a question for us he has 9 dughters please don,t involve him in this cause

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