Four suspects held in Zain Ali Effendi killing case
Karachi
January 15, 2021
Police detained four men on Thursday for their suspected involvement in the killing of Zain Ali Effendi, grandson of Sindh Madressatul Islam founder Hassan Ali Effendi.
Investigators said the suspects, all of Afghan origin, were taken into custody during raids in various parts of the city. The four were said to have been involved in burglaries in the past. The police will get their fingerprints verified from the fingerprints obtained from the house of Effendi, son of Zulfiqar Effendi.
Fifty-year-old Effendi was killed while resisting a robbery in Karachi on January 6. The late-night tragic incident took place at Effendiâs house, located near Peoples Chowrangi, close to the Quaid-e-Azamâs mausoleum within the jurisdiction of the Jamshed Quarters Police Station, where a group of robbers barged into the house and killed Effendi when he resisted their robbery bid. According to police, the robber
Little headway in Effendi case
Karachi
January 11, 2021
Almost five days have passed since the murder of Zain Ali Effendi, great-grandson of celebrated educationist Hassanally Effendi, but the police have made little headway towards solving the case, except recording the statement of the victim’s wife.
The murder was committed during an apparent robbery bid at Effendi’s house near Peoples Chowrangi on January 6. Police believe that the primary motive of the culprits may not have been robbery. They suspect that the culprits may have tried to change the nature of the incident.
The wife of the deceased told the police that the robbers had also made off with Effendi’s mobile phone. Police said the phone’s last location was traced to District Central, following which the robbers had apparently switched it off.
Top Story
January 7, 2021
KARACHI: Zain Ali Effendi, grandson of Hassan Ali Effendi, the illustrious academician from Sindh who spearheaded the cause of education among the Muslims of Sindh and the founder of Sindh Madressatul Islam School during the British Raj, was killed while resisting a robbery in Karachi.
The tragic incident took place on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday at a house located near Peoples Chowrangi, close to Quaid-e-Azam’s mausoleum within the jurisdiction of Jamshed Quarters police station where a group of armed robbers barged into the house and killed Zain Ali Effendi when he resisted robbery. According to police, the robbers escaped along with the looted valuables from the house.