Karachi Police arrest killer of Naimat Ali Randhawa
AIG says huge cache of Indian arms has been recovered during raid on office of a political party.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Addressing a joint press conference here on Tuesday Additional IG Police Shahid Hayat and spokesman of Rangers revealed that the accused involved in Advocate Naimat Ali Randhawa’s murder has been arrested.
“An accused Kazim Abbas Rizvi, who belongs to MQM, has confessed that he and 7 other persons were involved in murder of eight persons,” police chief said.
AIG claimed that four other criminals linked to the said case have also been arrested and more arrests were expected.
The Rangers spokesman said that political parties were sheltering the criminals.
It was informed in the press conference that Rangers and police had recovered huge cache of Indian arms from office of a political party during a raid.
“Indian arms have been recovered from office of a political party that proves that anti-state elements had infiltrated in the political parties,” the police official said.
About the MQM press conference held earlier, Shahid said such press conferences were held only to confuse the masses.
MQM leader Dr Saghir Ahmad in the press conference Tuesday alleged that Rangers had rummage through an MQM office, destroying it completely.
AIG Shahid said operation in Karachi would continue till the elimination of miscreants.
The killer of Naimat Ali Randhawa Advocate, who was pleading the murder case of journalist Wali Babar, has been arrested and is linked to MQM Unit 178.
According to police, a pistol has been recovered from Kazim Abbas Rizvi and he had admitted to killing 8 other persons also.
To a question AIG said the murder of Randhawa was socially and politically motivated and had nothing to do with sectarianism.
He said police and Rangers were after the criminals, adding some criminals who fled the city before the operation had been arrested from other cities.
