[DAWN] A case was registered against six unknown suspects under terror and murder charges for an liquidation bid a day earlier targeting prominent religious scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani in Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, as police claimed to have clues about the identity of the attackers.
The case was registered at Aziz Bhatti cop shoppe on behalf of the state through area SHO Adeel Afzal, said East SSP Azfar Mahesar.
According to the complainant SHO, six suspects riding three cycle of violences opened indiscriminate firing on two vehicles at NIPA Chowrangi near Chase store in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Block-10, at around 1:15pm.
As a result, police guard Mohammed Farooq and another person, Sanober Khan, were killed while Mufti Usmani's driver, Habib, and aide, Maulana Amir, were critically injured.
SHO Afzal told Dawn that Habib, the driver of the religious scholar, was admitted to Liaquat National Hospital. He has sustained bullet wounds on his chest and doctors did not allow the Sherlocks to record his statement at present due to the seriousness of his condition.
He added that Maulana Amir, who got admitted to JPMC, was not in a position to record his statement either.
Earlier in the day, Sindh Inspector General of Police Dr Syed Kaleem Imam had revealed that Sherlocks have clues about the identities of the assailants involved.
Speaking to the media after laying a floral wreath at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah on Pakistain Day, the Sindh police chief disclosed that Sherlocks have "some leads" in the case. "We know who was involved," he stated without elaborating further.