Investigation team collects details of alleged murderer of anchorperson Mureed Abbas

Moreover, the other person who could be seen in a CCTV footage has been identified as "Adil."

KARACHI (Dunya News) – An investigation team has collected details of the alleged murderer of a private television channel anchorperson, Mureed Abbas, who was assassinated in Karachi’s Defense area on Tuesday night.

According to investigation sources, the alleged killer, Atif Zaman, had been doing business under the cover of a company named Infinity.

Moreover, the other person who could be seen in a CCTV footage has been identified as “Adil.”

Reportedly, Zaman had defrauded Rs500 million collectively from at least 70 persons, including 30 to 40 individuals of the media.

Furthermore, the investigation team has recommended including partners of the company, two persons of banking sector and a person named Shoaib in the interrogation of the case.

Sources further revealed that Zaman had also been doing smuggling of tyres, and was in close contact with tyre smugglers in Balochistan.

A few months ago, the accused person had disclosed that someone had stolen Rs250 million from him, and afterwards conflict with his business partners worsened.

Meanwhile, the investigation team has been raiding at suspected hideouts to arrest Adil.

Police on Wednesday formed a five-member committee to probe into the murder of three persons including the anchorperson.

The committee, comprising of SSP South, SSP Clifton, SHO Darakhshan and SIU Darakshan, is being headed by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tariq Dharejo.

According to initial investigation, police officials had stated that the dispute was of Rs200 million.

The body of the deceased anchorperson was shifted to Islamabad from Karachi. His body was received by his brother at the airport after which it was transported to his native city Mianwali.

Abbas, an anchorman working at the private television channel in Karachi, was allegedly shot by his business partner Atif Zaman, who also tried to commit suicide by shooting himself.

He was later admitted to a local hospital with critical injuries, according to Karachi police. Abbas’s friend Khizar Hayat was also shot on the spot and later succumbed to injuries in hospital.

Initial investigations had suggested that Zaman had to pay back a debt to the anchorperson. It is also believed that the alleged killer had threatened him with dire consequences.

Zaman had called the victim to a café in a posh area of Defence in Karachi and shot him and his friend.

The anchorman’s wife Zara Abbas had claimed that Zaman had called her husband at 8pm to collect Rs5 million owed to him. “We had invested our money in his business and he [Zaman] wasn’t giving it back to us and others, he had been making excuses,” she said.