A religious scholar has been assassinated in the Gulistan Johar area of Karachi, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Wednesday.

According to police, some unknown armed persons riding a motorcycle opened fire on Maulana Ziaur Rehman who was taking a stroll in the park near the FBR building in Gulistan Johar. He died instantly as a result of the indiscriminate fire.

He was the principal of Jamai Abu Bakar Islamai, Gulshan Iqbal.

The CTD and Crime Scene Unit recovered 11 shells from the crime scene, out of which four shells were of 9 mm and seven of 30 bore. The shells have been sent for forensic analysis.

The police hoped that they would be able to identify the target killers with the help of CCTV cameras in the vicinity.

According to SSP Irfan Bahadur, eyewitnesses informed that two armed persons riding on a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire on the maulana.

Police found the involvement of a foreign agency in the assassination of Maulana Ziaur Rehman.

However, they said that they would investigate whether it was a sectarian killing or there was some other motive.

Meanwhile, IG Sindh Rafat Mukhtar and Additional IG Khadim Rind took notice of the incident and sought details from the SSP East. They instructed to form teams to investigate the murder.

The slain maulana was a resident of Model Colony.

Amir Karachi Central Jamiat Ahle Hadith Maulana Afzal Sardar condemned the targeted killing of Maulana Ziaur Rehman in strong words. He demanded of the government to arrest the culprits at the earliest.

 

Reporter Shahzeb Hussain