Murad vows action over police, medico-legal lapses as Mir Raza murder probe progresses

• Says proposed judicial commission meant to identify lapses, not for murder investigation
• Two more police officials added to investigation team
• Four summoned by NCCIA on Sharjeel’s plea against online defamation campaign

KARACHI: As the probe into the murder of a young businessman inches forward, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has assured the family of a fair investigation, promising that they will be kept informed at every stage of the process.

Talking to the media at the Arts Council Karachi after attending a conference held in connection with National Minorities Day on Tuesday evening, the CM said action would be taken against police and medico-legal authorities over any lapses once the case was resolved.

Commenting on the provincial government’s plan to form a judicial commission, the CM clarified that the commission was not intended to investigate the case, as that was the responsibility of the police.

“The judicial commission was being formed to identify lapses on the part of the police and medico-legal authorities,” he said.

Mr Shah said he had sent the home minister and the Karachi mayor to meet Mir Raza’s parents before the announcement about the commission, and the family had agreed to its formation. “However, when the family later said they did not want a judicial commission, we respected their opinion,” he added.

‘Traces of acid found on deceased’s shirt’

Investigators probing the murder case received the chemical analysis report from the first post-mortem examination that confirmed traces of acid on the shirt of the deceased.

Informed sources told Dawn that the report also confirmed the presence of “gunshot residue on the back of the perforation of the shirt,” which was the entry wound.

The sources said that several samples were collected during the second post-mortem examination following the exhumation of the body and so far, only the report of a DNA test had been received that confirmed that the body was of Mir Raza.

Meanwhile, the sources said that the investigators also decided to conduct geofencing of different parts of the area surrounding the crime scene in Gulistan-i-Jauhar to detect the possible movements people during a particular time.

Besides this, the call data records of the victim’s cell phone would also be obtained.

The sources said that, at the request of family’s lawyer Jibran Nasir, two new members — DSP Siraj Lashari and Inspector Mohammed Ali —had been included in the investigation team headed by DIG Amir Farooqui.

Mir Raza, an IBA graduate and owner of the eatery Wafflix, had gone missing on July 28, and his body was found a day later in bushes near Shahi Qila Ground in Gulistan-i-Jauhar.

NCCIA summons four on Sharjeel’s plea

The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has summoned four citizens on a complaint filed by Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon over “false and malicious content on social media against him and his son” in connection with the Mir Raza Ali murder case.

The NCCIA issued notices to Syed Abdullah, Amin Qureshi, Bilal Warsi and Obaid Qureshi, asking them to appear in person at the agency’s Karachi office on Aug 13 at 11:30am.

They were informed that the NCCIA was conducting an inquiry initiated on the basis of a complaint submitted by Naqvi Law Associates on behalf of Sharjeel Inam Memon pertaining to alleged dissemination of defamatory and fabricated content through digital platforms.

The development comes a day after Mr Memon had approached the NCCIA against a defamatory campaign that he owned the guest house in Gulistan-i-Jauhar where Mir Raza Ali was allegedly tortured and murdered, and that his son had left for London immediately after the incident and had since been moving around with a bodyguard.

Published in Dawn, August 12th, 2026