KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have traced and recovered the car that allegedly hit the Mercedes of former captain of Pakistan cricket team Wasim Akram on Wednesday evening in Karsaz, which ensued heated exchange of words followed by firing.

“The police have recovered the car involved in the accident,” said Karachi-east Zone DIG Munir Ahmed Shaikh. The driver of the car, identified as Abid was already arrested.

The main suspect who allegedly fired the shot has not been detained so far.

The DIG east said that they would send the seized car to police forensic laboratory to determine as to whether it had touched the player’s Mercedes. The held suspect told the investigators that the incident occurred when their car hit Mr Akram’s car. The former captain chased them and blocked passage of their car. It resulted in exchange of hot words followed by firing incident. The suspect shot fire on the ground.

Another police officer who wished not to be named told Dawn that Mr Akram got off his car after “a minor accident and used abusive language” against them.

The DIG east said that the main suspect had ‘indirectly’ approached the police to give his version of the incident, but the police conducted raid for his arrest. He hinted that the main suspect might get bail before arrest from the court.

The held driver would be presented before the court for seeking his remand on Sunday, said the senior officer.

Published in Dawn, August 9th, 2015

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