The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a notorious target killer, allegedly affiliated with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) and involved in over 100 murders, during a targeted operation in Orangi town. Police reportedly confiscated weapons and ammunition from his possession as well. According to SIU SSP Irfan Bahadur, the suspect, identified as Shakeel alias Hadi, was a member of the MQM-L’s ‘death squad’ and had confessed to killing Birabad police C Aleem Shah and Orangi City police constable Rana Sohail in 2011, during his tenure. . Initial interrogation. Bahadur added that he was also involved in an attack on Awami National Party leader Bashir Jan and targeted killing of Awami National Party’s Shah Faisal Colony official Nabi Gul and others. The SSP alleged that Shakeel also killed a Qatar Hospital medico-legal officer and Asif Malang of MQM-Haqiqi, while also setting fire to Khalid Baba’s ‘Istana’, burning three people to death. According to the police, Shakeel confessed to being involved in more than 100 murders on the basis of race, sect and politics, on the orders of the MQM leadership. Cases against him and other members of the ‘death squad’, including Ajmal Pahari, Saeed alias Bharam, Dane alias Mama, Omar alias Mullah, and Zeeshan alias Dada, have been registered at several police stations across the city. As well as the Special Investigations Unit. Further investigations are underway.
