Al-Qaida, TTP activist arrested for murdering former FIA prosecutor
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have finally arrested an Al Qaida and TTP activist and son of a former Army officer, for murdering Chaudhary Zulfiqar, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the Benazir Bhutto murder case and the 2008 Mumbai blasts case, who was shot dead on 3 May.
As per the details, Muhammad Abdullah, resident of Murree, was arrested on 12th June for allegedly murdering Chaudhary Zulfiqar. Abdullah is son of a former Colonel Khalid Mahmood, while he was student of law in International Islamic University Islamabad. Abdullah is also associated with Al Qaida and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). He was allegedly involved in many terrorism incidents including parade lane attack in Rawalpindi, and bomb blasts in International Islamic University Islamabad, according to the police sources. Sub Inspector Muhammad Aslam Kalyar, the concern investigation officer of the case told The Spokesman, “On the day of incident, Abdullah was also injured by the bullet shot by the security guard of Chaudhary Zulfiqar, but he managed to escape”. He further said that Abdullah after getting injured, rushed to the Ratta Amral police station of Rawalpindi, where his father Col. Khalid Mahmood registered an application for FIR stating that his son Abdullah was injured by some armed who tried to rob him. “The reason behind lodging the FIR in Ratta Amral police station was just to get medical treatment after getting a bullet shot”, SI Kalyar added. He said the FIR was lodged at the same date and time of the incident which lead the police to investigate on it, resulting Abdullah’s arrest. According to SI Kalyar, Abdullah’s father Col. Khalid Mahmood also knew about his activities while Colonel himself was also Court Martialed.
He said accused Abdullah during the interrogation has confessed his crime, while police has taken his judicial remand of fourteen days from special anti terrorism court (ATC).
On Friday 3rd May at 7:05 AM, Chaudhary Zulfiqar was murdered while his way to the anti terrorism court to attend the hearing of Benazir Bhutto’s murder case, when two men on a Mehran vehicle (GAL-1171) opened fire on his vehicle near G-9 Markaz. During the incident, a pedestrian woman named Rubina also lost her life after getting hit by the vehicle of Ch Zulfiqar’s vehicle, while Farman, the security guard of Ch Zulfiqar was injured. After the incident, Inspector General of Islamabad Police, Bani Amin Khan while talking to the media revealed that police found a letter from the crime scene written by a banned outfit, which was containing threatening messages for Chaudhary Zulfiqar.
On 9th May, The Sabzi Mandi police found an abandoned yellow cab registered as GAL-1171 on a road under their jurisdiction which was used in murdering Choudhary Zulfiqar by the attackers. The cab was shifted to Margalla police station where the police have started investigation on it. According to police, there were some blood marks on the cab while the finger prints taken from the cab were sent to NADRA for further identification.
It has been learnt that Choudhary Zulfiqar was facing threats from different banned outfits as he was prosecuting the case of 2008 Mumbai Blast incident for FIA in which 166 citizens were killed, while the Indian government had blamed Lashkar-i-Taiba, a banned Pakistani organization for it. Meanwhile he was also prosecutor general for the murder case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who lost her life on 27th December 2007, in a blast incident.
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