The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a notorious target killer, allegedly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) and involved in over 100 murders, during a targeted operation in the city from Orangi. Police also reportedly seized weapons and ammunition. According to SIU SSP Irfan Bahadur, the suspect, Shakeel alias Haddi, was a member of the MQM-L’s “death squad” and had confessed to the murders of Pirabad police officer SI Aleem Shah and Orangi Town police officer, Rana Sohail, in 2011, during his initial interrogation. Bahadur added that he was also involved in an attack on Awami National Party (ANP) leader Bashir Jan and the targeted killing of ANP’s Shah Faisal Colony in-charge Nabi Gul, among others. The SSP claimed that Shakeel had also killed a medico-legal officer at Qatar Hospital and Asif Malang of MQM-Haqiqi, while he had also set fire to Khalid Baba’s ‘astana’, burning three people to death. According to the police, Shakeel admitted to having participated in more than 100 ethnic, sectarian and politically motivated murders, on the orders of the MQM-L leadership. The cases against him and other members of the ‘death squad’, including Ajmal Pahari, Saeed alias Bharam, Danish alias Mama, Omar alias Mullah, Zeeshan alias Dada, are registered at various police stations in the city as well as in the SIU. More research is being done.
MQM-London ‘hitman’ arrested
