Imran Farooq murder: Scotland Yard officers raid more houses in London

LONDON: Continuing their search to find the murderer of former Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) parliamentarian Dr Imran Farooq, the Scotland Yard anti-terrorism officers raided houses in London on Wednesday, Express News reported.

The police had raided two houses in the same area on June 18. A British-Pakistani was also interrogated in relation to this case.

The latest search operations represent the first public sign of progress in the case after a hiatus of more than a year, although London’s Metropolitan Police Service insisted the investigation remained “active”.” The searches are continuing.

Detectives had previously said that while they were open-minded about the motive, the attack would have required careful planning and Farooq’s killers may have had help.

In September 2011, one year after Farooq’s murder, police had offered a reward of £20,000 for information that helps lead to a prosecution in an attempt to find clues to the attack.

Background

Dr Farooq was stabbed to death in Green Lane on Edgware Road on 16 September, 2010 – but leads in the case have been few and far between – or at least not publicised. The anti-terrorist unit of the Metropolitan Police had said that, a few months before his murder, Dr Farooq had been trying to create his own independent political “profile”.

The police force had hinted about the possibility that Dr Farooq might have been thinking of embarking on a new political career, and, therefore, it wanted to talk to everyone who were in contact with him from a political perspective.

It also noted that Dr Farooq had created a new Facebook profile in 2010 and had established many new contacts on the social forum.