Islamabad, April 19, 2022 (PPI-OT):In a major breakthrough in the horrific murder of a man in a double cabin vehicle under Zero Point Bridge on April 14, the police have arrested the accused in the crime. The police also seized a motorcycle from the possession of killer identified as Raja Muhammad Zubair, hails from Islamabad, said a police spokesman on Monday. The killer has confessed his crime before the investigators who had earlier obtained his physical remand from a court of law, he added.
“The reason behind the murder was monetary issue” the spokesman said. According to him, police had received information on April 14, 2022 that unknown killer launched armed attack on a moving vehicle under Zero Point Bridge killing a man namely Irshad Ghani who was driving the vehicle.
After committing the crime, the culprit managed to escape, he said adding that police had registered a murder case against unknown killer on complaint of Ikram Ghani, the brother of deceased, with Police Station Karachi Company and began investigation.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammad Ahsan Younas has taken notice of the horrific murder and constituted a special investigation team under supervision of SSP Operations Muhammad Faisal Kamran. The other members of the teams were SP Saddar Zone Tassawar Iqbal, SDPO Bashir Ahmed and SHO PS Karachi Company Shahid Zaman, he said.
According to him, the accused has been nabbed by police while using human intelligence and other evidences collected by the forensic experts from crime scene soon after the occurrence of murder.
“The culprit Raja Muhammad Zubair confessed before the investigators that he had gunned down Irshad Ghani due to monetary issue,” he said. He informed that the killer was so cover that he had purchased a new motorcycle so that he could easily went underground after committing the crime.
IG Islamabad Muhammad Ahsan Younas has appreciated the efforts of special investigation team and announced cash prizes and commendable certificates for the cops. “Police have solved the blind murder case in short span of time. It is a feather in the cap of the capital police,” said the top cop of Islamabad.
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