A Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) worker held at the Karachi Central Jail died on Friday during medical treatment at Civil Hospital.
Nadeem Ahmed, 38, was shifted from the central prison to Civil Hospital, where he died during treatment.
Hospital sources said a magistrate was called to conduct an autopsy but Ahmed’s family did not let doctors fulfill the legal formality and submitted a written request with the magistrate, requesting that the autopsy be not carried out.
“They took away the body without post-mortem,” medico-legal officer Dr. Abdul Ghaffar Shaikh told reporters.
MQM claims Ahmed was a party worker from the unit-52 Lines area and was arrested by Rangers on November 21. He was handed over to police on November 26 and was detained at the Karachi Central Jail.
Party sources say Ahmed was a father of four and was supposed to be released on Friday.
MQM has time and again alleged it is being targeted under the garb of the Rangers-led security operation in Karachi. The party claims its workers are being forcefully detained and killed in custody.
