The 25-year-old owner of Wafflix was kidnapped at PECHS; Police investigate suspicions of torture.
Mir Raza Ali, owner of popular dessert shop Wafflix, whose body was found in Gulistan-e-Jauhar after he was allegedly abducted from PECHS. SCREEN CAPTURE / Youtube
A 25-year-old man who was allegedly abducted from Karachi’s PECHS Society was found dead in the bushes near a wedding hall in Gulistan-e-Jauhar on Wednesday, and police suspect he was tortured before being shot dead.
The victim, identified as Mir Raza Ali, son of Mir Hassan Ali, was a resident of Block 2 of PECHS and owned the waffle dessert chain “Wafflix” near Bahadurabad Chowrangi. His body was recovered from the bushes near the Shadi Qila wedding hall in Block 1 of Gulistan-e-Jauhar and was taken to Jinnah hospital for post-mortem examination.
According to police, the body appeared to be one or two days old and had signs of burns in some areas, making it difficult to identify. The victim was identified by his father through his clothing. Police said a mark was also found on the victim’s back, while the exact cause of death will be determined after the post-mortem report.
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Station house officer Kamran Qureshi said initial findings suggested that the victim was tortured before being shot. He added that police were collecting CCTV footage from cameras installed around the wedding hall to trace the suspects involved in the kidnapping and murder.
A case of kidnapping was registered at Ferozabad police station on Tuesday following a complaint from the victim’s father.
According to the first news report, on the night between July 27 and 28, Raza returned home from his shop in his car and informed his mother around 4 am that he would be leaving his house for 10 minutes. He didn’t come back.
Later his mother called his mobile phone, but it was turned off. The family searched for him and also contacted Madadgar 15 before registering a kidnapping case against unidentified suspects at the police station. The police continue their investigation.
Condemnations and condolences poured in on social media from those who knew the young businessman, while the authorities were criticized for the security situation in the city.
