Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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Who killed Amjad Sabri? Police in two minds

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GEO NEWS
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Who killed Amjad Sabri? Police in two minds

KARACHI: Police officials are in two minds over the alleged killer of renowned Qawwal Amjad Sabri.

On Sunday security forces nabbed Imran Siddiqui from Surjani Town area in relation to Amjad Sabri’s murder. Siddiqui is an employee of Karachi Municipal Authority and a political party worker, police said.

However higher officials in the department reject that Siddiqui was involved in the murder. They claim that according to the geofencing report of the incident Siddiqui was not present at the crime scene nor did any of the witnesses identify him.

They added that the weapon used in the crime was not recovered from Siddiqui.

Additional IG Mushtaq Mehar said that the group involved in Amjad Sabri’s murder case has been identified but no arrests have been made yet.

Additional IG Counter Terrorism Department Sanaullah Abbasi said that strong evidence against any group involved in the murder has not yet emerged.

Investigation sources claim that the case is being probed through four different angles.

On June 22, renowned Qawwal Amjad Sabri was gunned down by unknown assailants in Karachi's Liaquatabad area. Sabri was shot multiple times and succumbed to his wounds on his way to a local hospital, police said.

Amjad Sabri, 45, was one of South Asia's most popular singers of the 'Qawwali', Sufi devotional music that dates back to more than 700 years. He was the son of renowned Qawwal of the 1960’s, Ghulam Farid Sabri, and the nephew of Qawwali icon Maqbool Sabri who passed away in 2011.

His brutal assassination came as a shock to almost everyone, with condolences pouring in from not just within, but across the border as well.

Thousands gathered to offer his funeral prayers the next day and the famed Qawwal was laid to rest next to his father Ghulam Farid Sabri in Paposh Nagar graveyard amid tears and sobs.