Additional Inspector General (AIG) Karachi Mushtaq Mehar denied on Sunday that any arrests were made pertaining to assassination of qawwali maestro Amjad Sabri.
Earlier, media reports suggested that a suspect linked to the high-profile murder case was arrested with some media outlets reported that he had confessed to his role in the killing and also named some accomplices.
The Karachi police chief, however, rejected all such reports asserting that no arrest had so far been made in the case. “Several people were detained on suspicion for their alleged role in the assassination. They were, however, released after no evidence was found against them,” he said.
The top official also denied issuance of the suspect’s image, as reported in local media.
Mehar said it was a high-profile case and he lamented the efforts to affect investigation process. On June 22, renowned qawwal Amjad Sabri was gunned down by unknown assailants in Karachi’s Liaquatabad area. Sabri was shot multiple times and succumbed to his wounds on his way to a local hospital, police said.
Amjad Sabri, 45, was one of South Asia’s most popular singers of ‘Qawwali’, Sufi devotional music that dates back to more than 700 years. He was the son of renowned qawwal of the 1960’s Ghulam Farid Sabri, and nephew of qawwali icon Maqbool Sabri who passed away in 2011.
FACTORY FIRE DESTROYS GOODS
Goods worth million of rupees were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out in a factory located in Karachi on Sunday.
The fire broke out on the first floor of a sugarcane factory located at Karachi’s Korangi Industrial Area due to which goods worth millions of rupees were gutted. Fire brigades arrived at the scene and managed to extinguish the fire after 10 hours of struggle. No casualties were reported as the fire teams managed to evacuate all the labourers from the factory building.
