ATC Records Statements Of All Accused In MQM Leader Imran Farooq Murder Case

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published April 19, 2019 | 05:02 PM

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Friday resumed the hearing of MQM leader Imran Farooq's murder case and recorded statements of all the accused under section 342 Cr P C after closing evidences

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Apr, 2019 ) :An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Friday resumed the hearing of MQM leader Imran Farooq's murder case and recorded statements of all the accused under section 342 Cr P C after closing evidences.

ATC judge Shahrukh Arjumand heard the case whereas the defense counsel submitted statement of the accused about allegations leveled against them.

Three accused Khalid Shamim, Syed Mohsin Ali and Moazzam Ali had been indicted in the case, while four others were declared proclaimed offenders.

Two of the suspects, Khalid Shamim and Syed Mohsin Ali, have already recorded their confessional statements before a magistrate, alleging that the slain Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader was killed because he was a "potent threat to the leadership of MQM".

Shamim confessed that Farooq's murder was allegedly a 'birthday gift' for the MQM founder, while Syed Mohsin said he took part in the crime because he was promised a position in the MQM's London Secretariat.

Imran Farooq was murdered outside his house in London on September 16, 2010.

The hearing will be resumed on April 25, whereas arguments will also be concluded on the statement on the day.