KARACHI, Oct 10: The Anti-Terrorist Wing of the police has arrested four members of a gang involved in the killing of important religious leaders and seized a Kalashnikov, and three pistols with 46 rounds and a motorcycle from them.
According to the police, the suspects confessed before the court that they were involved in the murder of important religious leaders, including Maulana Syed Ali Hasnain Naqvi, Pesh Imam of an Imambargah in North Nazimabad; Capt Altaf Hussain, divisional engineer of Pak Capital Telephone Exchange; Syed Zafar Hussain Zaidi, director of Laboratories, Ministry of Defence; Dr Raza Mehdi and Dr Ishrat Hussain.
The arrested men were identified as Mufti Muhammed Shahid Hanif, Muhammed Talha Hussain alias Noman, Khalil Ahmed alias Hasan Jan and Hyder Ali.—APP