Late Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam-Sami (JUI-S) leader Maulana Samiul Haq’s secretary Syed Ahmed Shah has been missing from his house in Akora Khattak for the last few days, a report in the local media has informed. While, his family claim he was picked up by the law enforcement agencies, police deny they have him in their custody.
It is reported that Shah found Maulana Samiul Haq’s body in his bedroom on November 2 in his Bahria Town residence. He was also the first to inform Maulana Hamidul Haq Haqqani, Maulana Samiul Haq’s son, of his father’s death.The late JUI-S leader was stabbed in his bedroom and doctors informed that the former senator had died an hour before he was brought to the hospital.
Maulana Hamid shared that Shah has been missing for the last three or four days. He said his family has been trying to trace him by calling on his mobile phone but his phone appears to be switched off. Maulana Hamid believed that Shah may have either gone into hiding himself or may have been picked up by the law enforcement or intelligence agencies as they investigate the murder of the JUI-S leader.
Maulana Hamid said it was the police’s job to find his father’s killers and that the family had been cooperating with the police.
He iterated that Syed Ahmed Shah was in Akora Khattak before he went missing and that he had repeated his initial statement where he said he left Maulana Samiul Haq at home and found him dead in his bed when he came back 15 or 20 minutes later. He said he had locked the door from outside and had found it open when he returned.
He added that a few days before he was killed, an Afghan delegation had come to Maulana Samiul Haq, requesting him to initiate a peace process with the Taliban but he had refused. Maulana Hamid said his father had been facing threats to his life but never kept the police or guards nearby as he did not have any personal enmity.
The Rawalpindi police have denied they have Syed Ahmed Shah in their custody. However, senior police officials believe Ahmed Shah is a key figure in the murder investigation as his statement could lead to the murderers and uncover the motive behind it.