KARACHI: The banned Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club against alleged extrajudicial killing of a local leader of the party, who was killed in an ‘encounter’ in Manghopir on Tuesday.

Carrying the coffin of Maulana Yusuf Qudoosi, the ASWJ workers ended the protest after getting ‘assurances’ from authorities that justice would be done, said their spokesperson.

He said local leader of the party in Orangi Town Maulana Yusuf was taken away from his home around nine months ago by men in plain clothes.

The family had also filed a petition before the Sindh High Court. However, on Tuesday the Manghopir police claimed to have killed him in an ‘encounter’ on the outskirts of the city.

The ASWJ spokesperson said that following their protest, a meeting was held with the commissioner of Karachi. Later on, the police authorities suspended Manghopir SHO Ghulam Husain Korai and ordered an inquiry, which was supposed to be completed within three days.

The ASWJ head, Allama Aurangzeb Farooqi, warned that if justice was not provided to the family of the victim, they would be compelled to hold protest outside Chief Minister House.

Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2016