LEAs raid MQM-London leader's Hyderabad residence

HYDERABAD: Law enforcement agencies detained two suspects during a raid at Muttahida Qaumi Movement London leader Zafar Rajput's residence at Talak Chari area, sources confirmed.

Zafar Rajput who is also a member of the ad hoc Rabita Committee was not present at his house during the time of raid. This was the second raid at his house, sources added.

On Sunday law enforcement agencies arrested MQM London leader Zafar Rajput and Momin Khan over charges of rebellion against the state. Later the court released them on bail, however Momin Khan was arrested again by the police as he stepped outside the court. Zafar Rajput was spared as he was still inside the courtroom. 

Several MQM London leaders arrested

On Saturday, Rangers took MQM-London interim Rabita Committee members, Professor Hasan Zafar Arif, Kunwar Khalid Younus and Amjadullah Khan, into custody from outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC).

Amjadullah Khan was the third MQM-London worker to be taken into custody after he hid inside the Karachi Press Club while Rangers took Hasan Zafar Arif and Kunwar Khalid Younus into custody earlier.

In a message posted on Twitter, MQM-London leader Wasay Jalil said "Amjadullah presented himself to Rangers to arrest from Karachi Press Club".

Amjadullah was earlier able to dodge Rangers personnel and enter the Karachi Press Club. He was taken into custody as he came out of the building, more than three hours after Professor Hasan Zafar Arif and Kunwar Khalid Younus were detained.

According to reports, Professor Hasan was sitting on a motorcycle was trying to enter the Press Club when he was approached by Rangers and taken into custody. Video footage showed Rangers escorting the MQM leader and placing him in a mobile outside the KPC.

Latest video footage showed Amjadullah being escorted away by law enforcers as he came out of the press club.

The MQM-London interim Rabita Committee members were scheduled to hold a news conference at the KPC which was postponed. A large contingent of Rangers was deployed outside the KPC ahead of the MQM-London Rabita Committee news conference. 

Speaking to Geo News earlier, Amjadullah Khan said the purpose of the news conference was to announce the inclusion of new members.

The MQM-London leader stressed that the party was being pressurised. "It is our basic right to conduct political activities in the city. By doing this the Mohajir community is being persecuted," Amjudullah Khan said.