Hardened criminal?: MQM worker remanded in murder case

Suspect confessed to committing serious offences including targeted killings, extortion and poll riggings

KARACHI:
The ATC-II remanded a Muttahida Qaumi Movement worker, Umair Siddiqi alias Jailor, in a double murder case. Siddiqi was presented by the Gulshan-e-Maymar police after his custody was transferred by the Rangers following the completion of his three-month preventive detention. According to a Rangers official, the suspect confessed to committing serious offences including targeted killings, extortion and poll riggings. However, no such document was submitted to the court.


Published in The Express Tribune, June 16th, 2015.