Personnel of law enforcement agencies on Saturday apprehended a suspect in connection to an attack on Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Rahid Godil during a raid in Gulbahar area of Karachi.
According to initial details, the raid was conducted on the directives of an anti-terrorism court (ATC) to apprehend gang war worker Shahid Bikak. Security personnel nabbed a close accomplice of the suspect after launching a search operation at Bikak relatives’ house.
Bikak was wanted in heinous crimes and attack on former president Asif Ali Zardari’s protocol officer Bilal Sheikh.
Earlier In Clifton, Counter Terrorism Department arrested a suspect and claimed that the detainee, named Waseem, also being investigated regarding attack on Rashid Godil.
Three suspects were arrested by law-enforcing agencies in Gulshan-e-Iqbal. The arrested suspects belong to a political party.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Abdul Rashid Godil sustained injuries and his driver Abdul Mateen was killed when unknown suspects opened fire on his car in Karachi on 18 August.
Meanwhile Rashid Godgil has denied reports that he was leaving the MQM.