KARACHI: The Sindh government has announced a reward of Rs 5 million for helping arrest the killers of renowned religious scholar Maulana Adil Khan.
In a notification issued by the Sindh home department, the provincial government announced a bounty of Rs5 million against the credible information that can lead to the arrest of the killers.
The provincial government urged the people to provide information related to the suspects in their nearby police stations. The identity of persons who would help the police would be kept secret,” read the statement.
On October 10, renowned religions scholar Moulana Adil and his driver were killed by unidentified armed men in Karachi.
According to the details, Jamia Farooqia’s Moulana Adil was on his way when unidentified armed men riding on motorcycles opened firming on his vehicle in Shah Faisal Colony.
On being informed, rescue officials and police rushed to the scene and shifted them to the hospital where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival.
Earlier on October 14, a High-level investigation team probing the assassination of Maulana Dr. Adil and his driver in Shah Faisal Colony had recommended announcing a reward of Rs 5 million in assisting authorities in the arrest of the killers.
A letter in this regard had been written by a member of the investigation team, DIG Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Omar Shahid to the home department Sindh. The home department was considering issuing a notification regarding the reward money that day.
On October 11, Police had made progress during a probe into the targeted killing of renowned cleric Maulana Adil Khan of Jamia Farooqia in Karachi.
According to the initial probe report by police, a new weapon had been 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.
