Mustafa Amir murder: Key accused Armaghan refuses confession

Police produced prime accused Armaghan before the Judicial Magistrate-South’s court for confessional statement in Mustafa Amir murder case hearing on Saturday. 

The accused refused to confess the crime after which the court dismissed petition for confessional statement under section 164. Court said that the statement under 164 could not be recorded owing to the mental condition of the accused. Armaghan in his statement said that he killed Mustafa Amir over personal dispute. 

“I didn’t pre-plan the murder,” he said. “It was a sudden act,” Armaghan stated. “You will be sent to jail if you confess the crime or not,” the court said. “I don’t want confess any crime,” accused Armaghan said. “Police has used ‘black magic’ on me, owing to which I feel pain in the body,” accused said. 

“I didn’t kill Mustafa Amir, left him in the car only to set the front portion of the vehicle on fire,” he said. “I had left the matter of Mustafa Amir to God,” he said. 

After a while, accused said that he didn’t directly kill the victim. “It was in his fate to die, I had a little part in it,” Armaghan added. Mustafa Amir was kidnapped and allegedly murdered by his friends in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on January 06. According to the police, the youth’s friends stuffed his body in the trunk of his car and torched it in the Hub area of Balochistan. The case has garnered widespread attention, with recent updates shedding light on the prime suspect, Armaghan. Investigators have uncovered details regarding his business dealings, digital currency accounts, and other activities. 

Meanwhile, ATC Karachi judge releases the written order of Mustafa Amir kidnap and murder case. According to the written order, the investigating officer produced the accused today with the magistrate's order and IO also presented the medico-legal certificate. The written order said the magistrate's order shows that he told Armaghan that whether he confesses or not, he will be sent to jail. The accused immediately replied that he did not want to confess, written order said. The magistrate concluded that the accused was not in good condition and therefore his statement would not be recorded. 

The magistrate asked the investigating officer to produce him in the ATC. It is a legal principle that whether the accused confesses to the crime before the court or not, he will be sent to jail. The magistrate did not send him to jail, therefore this court is sending him to jail on judicial remand, written order said