Sindh govt defers judicial commission decision on Mir Raza Ali murder case probe
Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan said on Monday the provincial government had deferred the decision on the formation of a judicial commission to probe the Mir Raza Ali murder case. Lanjar made the announcement on X, saying that Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab had spoken to Ali’s family had “confidence in the new police team” constituted to investigate the case and was of the view that it should…
The Sindh provincial government has postponed its decision on creating a judicial commission to investigate the murder case of Mir Raza Ali. Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab informed Ali's family that they have confidence in the new police team investigating the case and suggested it should conduct the probe. Ali, an IBA graduate and owner of the eatery Wafflix, went missing on July 28 and his body was discovered the following day with a gunshot wound in Karachi's Gulistan-i-Jauhar.
Initially, police suspected suicide, but postmortem examinations revealed multiple injuries and that Ali was shot in the back, ruling out suicide. PPP leader Faryal Talpur proposed a judicial commission to probe the case, but the family rejected the idea, stating a new investigation team has been formed and they have no faith in the current investigation.
The Sindh government suspended two police officials for failing to properly investigate the crime scene. On August 6, a judicial magistrate permitted the exhumation of Ali's body on the recommendation of a medical board, but the family rejected the new board constituted by the Sindh health department, leading to the exhumation being delayed.
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