File photo of arrested target killer. PHOTO: FILE
He was charged with the targeted killings of former Anti-Terrorism Court public prosecutor Naimat Ali Randhawa and seven others.
City police chief Shahid Hayat had announced earlier that the death of Naimat Ali was a “politically motivated targeted killing.”
On Tuesday, he had said, “We have arrested an MQM activist, Syed Kazim Abbas Rizvi, along with three others who killed Randhawa because he was going to take up the case of slain television reporter Wali Babar Khan.”
Randhwa's murder was not sectarian in nature, he had added.
Randhawa was shot dead on September 26 while he was on his way home. His son, Tauqeer Ali Randhawa, was also injured in the attack by armed motorcyclists.
During the initial interrogation, Rizvi had confessed to his involvement in the killing.
Wali Babar was shot dead in the Liaquatabad area of Karachi in January 2011 while he was on his way home from work. All six key witnesses in his murder case had been assassinated.
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