Saturday 4th January 2025 Newspaper Ummat Karachi
CTD Raja Group businessmen arrested in public mills
Raja Umar Khattab's gunman also received 9.5 crore ransom. Along with Arslan, a cryptocurrency trader, two bureaucrats are also part
Karachi (Staff Reporter) Police of Brajaman Raja Group in CTD Civil Line was found involved in the kidnapping of a businessman who was doing Bepto currency business. AVCC police arrested 7 kidnappers including Raja Umar Khattab's gunman. It should be noted that there are two beavercress partners in Arslan's business. According to the details, the Anti-Violent Crime Cell Police raided the TD Civil for the kidnapping of a citizen named Arsalan, who deals in cryptocurrency, and the ransom of 340,000 Pakistani dollars (Rs. Nine and a half crores). Umar Khattab's gunman Umar son of Irshad was arrested and his six accomplices Haris alias Ashar son of Afzal Siddiqui, Muhammad Rizwan Shah son of Muhammad Zahid Shah, Tariq Hasan Shah alias Amir son of Saeed Ahmed were arrested. Shah, Muzamil Raza son of Aslam Raza, Umar Jilani son of Muhammad Akram and Numan Rifat son of Rifat arrested the cruelty. According to AVCC spokesperson, the special team of AVCC SSP Anil Haider has arrested 07 kidnappers including the policemen involved in Arsalan's kidnapping for ransom. Mohammad Iqbal, who deals in cryptocurrency, was abducted by unknown kidnappers from the outskirts of Karachi on Monday and 340,000 from the hostage's Binance account. The USDT dollars (worth in crores) were transferred to their various accounts and the hostages fled, leaving Arslan in Tha Nih Brigade. The case of which charge number 948/2024 under Section 365/34 of the Criminal Code was registered on Monday. On January 3, 2025, the police team arrested the seven kidnappers while conducting operations in different areas of Karachi on technical basis. The arrested accused are habitual criminals and have been jailed before. Sources said that AVCC police also recovered Rs 70 to 80 lakhs after identifying the accused but this was not mentioned in the statement issued. I tried to contact SSP Anil Haider several times in this regard, but he refused to answer the call of media representatives due to some pressure. Sources said that two close relatives of Raja Umar Khattab, Raja Farrukh and Raja Mudassar, are included in this group. Raja Farrukh is posted in CPEC, CPEC mobile and CTD civil line police mobile were used in the abduction of Arsalan while Raja Farrukh was present in an Alto car. Ali Raza of CTD is present in one police mobile while the other police mobile 074-SPN is being used by Raja Farrukh of CTD whose tracker record has been obtained. The three mentioned vehicles can be seen in the CCTV cameras, while among the absconding accused, CPEC driver Ali and CTD civil line officer Ali Raza could not be arrested. The police mobile in which Arsalan was abducted was driven by Ali. Sources said that the AVCC police found evidence of the transfer of Betwa account and dollars from the mobile phone of the arrested accused Haris alias Ashar, while some of the ransom amount of 40,000 dollars was also found from a car. The sources further said that the investment of a DIG of Sindh Police and a senior officer of the Sindh government has also come to light in this business of the victim Arsalan, who are said to be partners in Arsalan's business. It should be noted that the AVCC police arrested the seven members of the group who were the most vulnerable. Two mobiles, Alto car and government weapons have not been taken into custody so far. However, according to the spokesperson SSPAVCC, the investigation of the arrested accused is going on and further revelations are expected. It should be noted that CTD Civil Line is only TD. Garden and SIU President Police were found to be involved in kidnapping of citizens for ransom, short-term kidnapping and other crimes. In this regard, IG Sindh took several actions but they could not do anything against the black sheep involved in the police. rehabilitated and sat in the cells from where they were suspended which shows that when IG Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon could not do anything about these black sheep, CTD. What can Additional IG Imran Yakub Minhas do? An SSP rank officer said that if the command of CTD is handed over to DIG Aamir Farooqui, there can be a lot of improvement. When Aamir Farooqui was posted in CTD, many people involved in such incidents were dismissed from their jobs after inquiries. There is no place for DIG Aamir Farooqui in the system that is running.