KARACHI: A sit-in will be lodged by relatives of slain of Irshad Ranjhani at Karachi’s busiest road Sharea Faisal on Monday in order to protest against the cold-blooded murder .
Civil society and nationalist parties had earlier organised demonstration near Sindh Governor House and demanded arrest of Union Council (UC) chairman Rahim Shah who allegedly shot Ranjhani.
Protestors including a large number of women attempted to move forward to the Sindh Govenor House but stopped by the police personnel. However, the demonstrators lodged sit-in at Fountain roundabout in Red Zone. Convenor of Karachi City Alliance and Friends of Lyari Habib Jan Baloch had also participated in the protest to express solidarity with slain Ranjhani.
Moreover, an investigation team formed by Additional Inspector General (AIG) Karachi Amir Sheikh visited the crime spot and recorded statements of eyewitnesses.
The investigation committee include DIG East Amir Farooqi and SSP East Azfar Mahesar and SSP Investigation Malir Farrukh Raza.
The committee reviewed all records filed in police station pertaining the murder case while statement of the Edhi ambulance’s driver was also recorded.
Technical evidences including CCTV footage and video clips circulating on social media were thoroughly reviewed by the investigators.
It was also emerged the investigators have also contacted Irshad’s family which was currently present in hometown Dadu city while they will record their statements on Tuesday.
CM Murad takes notice
Earlier on February 9, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah took notice of brutal killing of Irshad Ranjhani by chairman of a Union Council (UC) in Karachi.
CM Murad directed Inspector General (IG) Sindh Police Dr Kaleem Imam to appoint senior officer for initiation of inquiry into the incident.
The Chief Minister expressed outrage, saying how can somebody dare what UC chairman Rahim Shah did by publically murdering Irshad Ranjhani.
Murad questioned that nobody among the crowd shifted the wounded person to hospital while how much time police officials took to reach the incident’s site and whether the responsible persons behind the incident were arrested or not.
The Sindh CM also questioned for complainant in registration of the First Investigation Report (FIR) in the cold-blooded murder.
Sindh IGP was directed to submit complete report of the incident.
Slain Irshad Ranjhani was reportedly a political worker belonging to Jeay Sindh Tehreek (JST), who was gunned down by Rahim Shah, the union council chairman of Bhains Colony, a neighbourhood in the Shah Latif Town area in Karachi. However, motives behind the gruesome murder were not yet known.
