Judicial Probe Into Mir Raza’s Death Deferred After Family Backs New Police Team
A second autopsy found gunshot and torture injuries, leading police to expand the probe and add murder to the FIR, officials said.
- On Sunday, the Sindh inspector general of police's office reconstituted the investigation team probing Mir Raza Ali's murder case, adding Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code to the FIR following preliminary findings from a re-postmortem conducted after his exhumation.
- A second postmortem examination performed after Ali's exhumation ruled out suicide, identifying a gunshot entry wound on his back and signs of torture that contradicted the initial autopsy's findings.
- Karachi police chief Azad Khan suspended Sharea Faisal SDPO Muhammad Arshad Afridi and Gulistan-i-Jauhar SHO Kamran Qureshi for failing to preserve the crime scene, while police sealed a guesthouse in Gulistan-i-Jauhar.
- Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar deferred the judicial commission decision on Monday after Ali's family expressed "confidence in the new police team," preferring to await the current probe's outcome.
- Led by DIG Amir Farooqi, the new five-member investigation team will re-examine all physical and forensic evidence; Ali's father, Mir Hussain, praised Farooqi as an officer of good repute and expressed hope the committee will uncover the truth.
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Judicial probe into Mir Raza’s death deferred after family backs new police team
The Sindh government has deferred its decision to establish a judicial commission to investigate the mysterious death of Karachi youth Mir Raza Ali after his family expressed confidence in a newly constituted police investigation team. Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar said in a post on X on Monday that Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab had spoken to the mother of the deceased. “The Sindh government had decided to conduct a judicial in…
Police form new team to probe Mir Raza Ali's case; murder charge added to FIR
KARACHI: The investigation team probing the killing of 25-year-old businessman Mir Raza Ali has been reconstituted while the murder charge has been added to the case registered on his father’s complaint. Ali’s body was found in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar last month, a day after he went missing on July 28. While his family is convinced that he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered, police had previously been building the case around the possibili…
Murder charge added to Mir Raza case after re-postmortem report
A murder charge has been added to the case involving young trader Mir Raza Ali following the preliminary report of a re-postmortem conducted after his exhumation. According to police, Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code, pertaining to murder, was added to the FIR on Suday after investigators received the preliminary findings of the re-postmortem. The 25-year-old trader was allegedly kidnapped from PECHS and found dead in bushes near a wedding…
Mir Raza Ali Case: 5 Key Updates From the Latest Investigation
Here are the latest updates in Mir Raza Ali case so far. Mir Raza Ali Case: 5 Key Updates From the Latest Investigation 1. Fresh forensic findings have raised questions about how Raza died. Chemical analysis found gunshot residue on the back of Raza’s shirt, traces of acid and bupivacaine in his blood. Bupivacaine is a local anaesthetic used to numb an area and reduce pain. While its presence has raised questions about whether it was administer…
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