The News International: January 27, 1999

Hakim Said case takes new turn

KARACHI: The Hakim Said murder case may take a new turn following realisation by intelligence agencies that the MQM activist Aamirullah has wrongly been implicated. Sources said that Aamirullah has denied his involvement in the crime during investigations made afresh by a team headed by an officer of the rank of superintendent of police. There had been leaks already in the press that five police officers,originally involved with the investigations,have been transferred for misleading the prime minister on the issue. Aamirullah was arrested by a the then SSP Farooq Amin Qureshi who got an instant promotion as the DIG for his achievement. Several security agencies believe that while some of the MQM activists were involved in the high profile murder, the person arrested already,was not the real culprit.