Karachi police chief Additional Inspector General KhadimHussain Rind on Wednesday suspected the involvement of India’s spy agency RAW in the killing of caretaker of a mosque in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Johar area late Tuesday.
ZiaurRehman, 45, the Mohtamim of Jamia Masjid Abu Bakar, was gunned down in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar on Tuesday night.
The cleric ZiaurRehman was walking inside a park near his residence close to the FBR Office in Johar’s Block-14 when two men riding on a motorcycle shot and injured him before fleeing. The victim was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The police said deceased Sheikh Zia urRahman was the mahatmam (administrator) of Jamia Abu BakrMadrassah (seminary) – which is located in Gulshan’s Block 5.
In a statement today, Karachi police chief KhadimHussain Rind said the incident was an act of terrorism and it aimed to disrupt the law and order in the city ahead of RabiulAwwal.
He directed the DIG East to conduct an inquiry and submit a report. He also ordered the immediate arrest of the culprits.
