Zain Effendi murder case: Four accused handed over to police on physical remand
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Zain Effendi murder case: Four accused handed over to police on physical remand
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Four accused arrested in Zain Effendi murder case in Karachi have been handed over to police on four-day physical remand.
The murder case of Zain Effendi, grandson of Hassan Ali Effendi, founder of Sindh Madrasa-ul-Islam, was heard in the court of Judicial Magistrate Sharqi. Police produced four accused arrested from Chanesar Goth and Mahmoodabad in the case.
The investigating officer said that investigation is underway against the arrested accused. More raids are being carried out on information provided by the accused.
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.
Special team formed to probe Effendi’s killing
Too soon to say which gang was involved or whether it was personal enmity, says AIG
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Sindh AIG Ghulam Nabi Memon constituted a special investigation team on Thursday to probe the murder of Zain Effendi, descendant of the Sindh Madrassahtul Islam University’s founder Hassanally Effendi, a day prior. A case was also lodged against unidentified suspects on the complaint of the deceased’s wife.
East SSP Sajid Sadozai is to lead the investigation team, which comprises of Jamshed Division SP Farooq Bajarani, Darakshan SDPO Zahid Hussain, Ferozabad SHO Aurangzaib Khattak, Jamshed Quarters SHO Chaudhry Zahid Hussain and Jamshed Quarters SIO Imtiaz Ahmed.