Asma Rani murder: Main accused Mujahidullah Afridi nabbed in UAE

Thu, March 08, 2018

PESHAWAR: The main accused in the Asma Rani murder case, Mujahidullah Afridi, has been arrested in United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday.

The news of  Afridi’s capture was confirmed by IG Police Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Salahudin Mehsud.

“The UAE police called us this evening to confirm that Mujhidullah Afridi has been taken into custody,” Mehsud said.

He said that proper confirmation of his whereabouts and the conditions under which he was arrested will be available once documents are exchanged.

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“We have been in constant contact with the UAE police for the past three weeks with the call being made seven hours ago,” he said.

On January 27, Afridi, accompanied by his accomplice, had allegedly shot the victim dead in Kohat after she turned down his proposal of marriage.

Rani, a third year medical student at Ayub Medical College, had named the suspect, nephew of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) district leader as the one behind her murder.

The Interpol was approached through the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), with the request to help find the accused so that he can face a trial in Pakistan after the Supreme Court took suo motu notice of the case.

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police had shared Afridi’s passport number and other identification details with the international police.

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