UK-based real brother Israr Altaf allegedly maneuvered the killing over property dispute: SSP Raja Irfan Saleem talks to media
Altaf Hamid Rao
MIRPUR (Parliament Times): Local police succeeded in arresting three alleged target killers, including an Islamabad-based lawyer, involved in the broad-day murder of a local lawyer Waqar Altaf in his residence in Dadayal town of the lake district of Mirpur-AJK.
” Preliminary probe into the blind murder case revealed of the alleged involvement of Israr Altaf, UK-based real brother of the ill-fated Advocate Waqar and one Turkey based Sikander, in the gruesome killing of the lawyer over property and wealth dispute”, Mirpur Senior Superintendent of Police Raja Irfan Saleem disclosed while briefing to reporters here on Monday.
Our Special AJK Correspondent Altaf Hamid Rao reports from Mirpur that Dadayal, Mirpur police have recovered and confiscated the arms, motorbike and two police uniforms used by the accused for assassination of the Advocate Waqar Altaf in his residence in Dadayal on September 10, this year.
“The arrested accused include the alleged ring leader – an Islamabad-based Advocate Bilal Ahmed son of Liaqat Ali r/o Sheikhupura, member Islamabad bar association, Hameed Ullah s/o Saeed Ullah Jan r/o Karak KPK, and Hassan Ali Butt s/o Ashiq Ali Butt r/o Gujrat”, the district police chief.
Elaborating the successful police operation to net the accused of the famous Dadayal lawyer murder case within a week after the gruesome killing of the innocent lawyer Waqar Altaf, the SSP Raja Irfan Saleem said that the arrested accusedHameed Ullah s/o Saeed Ullah Jan r/o Karak KPK, and Hassan Ali Butt s/o Ashiq Ali Butt r/o Gujrat, impersonating themselves as policemen in uniform broke into the house of Waqar Altaf Advocate at his native village Bun Saien at the bogey of getting some papers signed by the lawyer at 11.15 a.m on September 10 and shot him dead through ruthless firing on the spot and escaped from the scene by the without-registration number plate motorcycle.
Irfan Saleem continued that Dadayal police station after booking the absconding accused of the blind murder case under section 302-APC, 109/34 ATA-6 and 252/22, started investigations on latest lines to arrest the killers. Resultantly, the police succeeded in netting all the above three accused within 06 days exactly after the tragic incident.
Led by the Mirpur SSP Raja Irfan Saleem, the special investigating team comprising seasoned police officers including Additional SP Mirpur Raja Azhar Iqbal, DSP Dadayal Ansar Ali, SHO Thothal Police Station Sub Inspector Zohaib Tahir, SHO Dadayal Sub Inspector Adnan Sabir, SI Amaar Dar and the subordinate staff also recovered and seized the arms including two 9MM pistols, a 125 Honda motorbike, two police uniforms, a Toyota Corolla car(FS-579 Islamabad), used in the gruesome killing of the lawyer Waqar Altaf.
The SSP said that further investigations revealed that the accused had also planned to kill the wife of the assassinated lawyer Waqar Altaf at the same time of his murder – but they failed in their nefarious move.
Raja Irfan Saleem revealed that detailed probe primarily disclosed the alleged involvement of the Sheifield – United Kingdom-based Isarar Altaf, the real brother of the assassinated lawyer Waqar Altaf because of the property and wealth disputes between the two brothers besides a Turkey-based person identified as Sikander. The SSP elaborated to this direction that it emerged through investigations into the messaging and cell phone calls between the arrested killers and the above Israr Altaf and Turkey-based Sikander, about the pre and post planning of the gruesome murder.
“More disclosures into the highly-complicated blind murder case are expected since further investigations are in progress”, the SSP concluded.
