A startling revelation came to the fore as a police officer has been found involved in the targeted killing of a known religious scholar Mufti Abdul Qayyum, reported the 24NewsHD TV channel. 

The Police on Saturday arrested the main suspect involved in the murder of an Islamic scholar in Karachi. The cleric Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sufi was shot by unidentified motorcyclists when he was returning home located in the Gulistan-e-Johar area of Karachi after Fajr prayer on March 21.

Maulana Abdul Qayyum Sufi was a member of the Pakistan Ulema Association and a revered member of Jamia Masjid Muhammadiya Noorani Islamic Center.

Police said an intelligence officer of the police, Muhammad Atiq, was behind the murder of the cleric, adding that the suspect was watching the murder live on the CCTV camera and Mufti Abdul Qayyum was killed right outside the suspect Atiq’s residence. Atiq was also found to be in contact with the hired assassins before the murder.

The police authorities said Atiq was recently transferred to the Federal Investigation Agency and he had been performing duties at many sensitive and important places.

Police investigation further revealed that the suspect had hired killers to murder two more persons in Karachi. 

Reporter: Salman Saleem