One of the suspects in Imran Farooq murder case, Khalid Shamim revealed that the directives regarding the assassination of the MQM leader were received directly from London.
During interrogations with the intelligence agencies, Khalid divulged, “Following the murder, Muazzam Ali’s BlackBerry phone was destroyed as per directions. Later on, I met Mohsin and Kashif at Hammad Siddiqui’s bidding.”
It should be mentioned here that the security sources claimed that Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel arrested Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali Syed at Chaman border on June 18 while they were sneaking into Balochistan from Afghanistan.
The preliminary investigations laid bare the fact that the two arrested suspects are involved in the killing of MQM leader Imran Farooq. On this, the two were shifted to Islamabad.
It is pertinent to note here that former MQM convener Dr. Imran Farooq was killed outside his house in London on September 16, 2010.
The suspect furthermore disclosed to the spy agencies that Mohsin is a resident of University of Karachi’s Staff Colony and Kashif of Landhi. He said both of them were in persistent liaison with him through daily phone calls and emails.
The suspected killer of Imran Farooq continued, “I went to Sri Lanka to meet Mohsin and Kashif—the two others suspects involved in the assassination.