The gunman shot Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sufi at close range (Photo File).
Karachi: Gulistan Johar Police arrested 2 suspects involved in the murder of Maulana Sufi Abdul Qayyum, the leader of the Sunni Ulema Council.
DIG East Makkads Haider while holding a press conference along with SSP East Zubair Nazir said that on the morning of March 21, two unknown suspects shot and killed Maulana Sufi Abdul Qayyum, whose case number 201/2023 was registered in Gulistan Johar police station. has been.
In order to arrest the accused, the police has conducted raids in different places of the city and arrested two accused who have confessed to killing Maulana Sufi Abdul Qayyum.
DIG East Makkads Haider said that the accused Ali Akbar and Tanveer are hired killers and have also worked for a political party in the past. It is revealed that Maulana has been killed over a plot dispute.
DIG East said that an attempt was made to give a religious color to the killing of Maulana Sufi Abdul Qayyum, but the investigation revealed that the accused did not commit a communal target killing but were hired killers. The arrested accused were also jailed in 2013. have been cut.
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