Investigation: Police nab suspect in PTI leader’s murder

The accused, Nadir, confessed during interrogation that he along with Ahmad Ali and Shahid Ali killed the PTI leader.

Police nab suspect in PTI leader’s murder. PHOTO: FILE

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Jehangira police on Friday announced arrest of a person for the murder of Mumlikat Khan, a leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and former town nazim of Jehangira. Mumlikat Khan was gunned down by unidentified persons on August 21, 2013 in the limits of Akora Khattak police station.



The accused, Nadir, confessed during interrogation that he along with Ahmad Ali and Shahid Ali killed the PTI leader, SP investigations Nowshera Israr Bacha told a press conference here.


The accused was presented before the court where he also confessed to his crime, he said. “Nadir revealed that his fruit shop in Jehangira was demolished during a drive against illegal encroachment,” he said. The accused confessed that he plotted to kill Mumlikat Khan when the PTI leader refused to help him SP Bacha quoted Nadir as telling investigators.


Published in The Express Tribune, August 31st, 2013.
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