KARACHI: The district police today (Thursday) have claimed to arrest two suspects involved in the killing of renowned religious scholar Maulana Adil Khan.
According to details, both alleged killers have been shifted to an unknown place for further investigation. Maulana Adil along with his driver was assassinated by unidentified armed men in Karachi on October 11.
The initial probe report by police informed that a new weapon was used in the firing incident and only one of the attackers had opened fire on the victims.
“The firing was carried out from a distance of eight feet,” the investigators had found. They had said that the attackers involved in the incident were between the ages of 20 to 25.
Sindh police on October 13 constituted a four-member high-level inquiry committee to probe into the Maulana Adil’s killing. The committee includes Counter-Terrorism Department’s (CTD) DIG Omar Shahid, DIG East, and SSP Korangi.
The Sindh government had also announced Rs 5 million reward for any information leading to the arrest of the assassins of renowned religious scholar Maulana Adil Khan.
