Police claim arrest of key suspect in MQM Hyderabad leader's murder

HYDERABAD: Police claimed on Friday to have arrested a suspect who allegedly killed an official of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement last month.

Dr Noshad was shot dead in a targeted attack in Hyderabad on October 25 this year. 

Police officials said Shahid Abbasi alias Shahid Dancer was arrested from Hali Road. He was identified in the CCTV footage of the incident. 

The attackers, riding a motorcycle, shot at Dr Noshad's vehicle near Rasheed Bhayya Park within the limits of Gulshan Halinagar Police Station after he was returning from dropping his children to school.

The deceased was a local member of the MQM-Pakistan. 

As per their initial investigation, police had said the murder appears to have been a result of personal enmity and not motivated by political gains.