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Police form new team to probe Mir Raza Ali's case; murder charge added to FIR

KARACHI: The investigation team probing the killing of 25-year-old businessman Mir Raza Ali has been reconstituted while the murder charge has been added to the case registered on his father’s complaint. Ali’s body was found in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar last month, a day after he went missing on July 28. While his family is convinced that he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered, police had…

Police form new team to probe Mir Raza Ali's case; murder charge added to FIR

Karachi police have reconstituted the investigation team probing the murder of 25-year-old businessman Mir Raza Ali, adding murder charges to the case initially registered under kidnapping. Ali's body was discovered in Karachi's Gulistan-i-Jauhar after he went missing on July 28. Initially, police considered the possibility of suicide, but a fresh post-mortem report contradicted earlier findings, alleging that Ali was shot in the back and likely tortured before death.

The five-member team, led by Sindh Deputy IG (Crime and Investigation) Amir Farooqui, will conduct a thorough and impartial investigation, examining all evidence and submitting a report to the court within the stipulated time.

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