Armed man shot Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sufi at close range (Photo File)
Karachi: Unknown armed suspects ambushed in Gulistan-Johar area and killed a member of Pakistan Ulema Association and the central leader of Sunni Ulema Council.
In the early morning of Tuesday, 50-year-old Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sufi Naqshbandi, a member of the Pakistan Ulema Association and a Sunni, was shot dead by unknown armed assailants riding a motorcycle in Block 9 Magsi Chowk Street No. 3 of Golestan Johar police station area. Ulama were the main leaders of the council.
On receiving information about the incident, officers and men of police, rangers and law enforcement agencies reached the spot, while the crime scene unit was called to collect evidence and the body of the victim was taken to Jinnah Hospital for post-mortem. According to the police, Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sufi was walking from the mosque to his home after offering the Fajr prayer, when 2 unknown armed suspects on a motorcycle ambushed him near the house, shot him dead and fled.
The deceased Maulana Abdul Qayyum was hit by a bullet on the head which proved to be fatal. The deceased was a father of 4 children. Immediately after the incident, central leaders of Pakistan Ulama Association and Sunni Ulama Council, office bearers, madrassa students and local residents reached the spot in large numbers, where they protested.
Later, the CCTV footage of the murder incident came to light, in which it can be seen that the armed accused were killing Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sufi and escaping. One of the accused got off the bike and came near Maulana Abdul Qayyum and opened fire while the other remained sitting on the bike. The armed accused shot a bullet on the head of Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sufi and escaped.
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