Ragpicker-turned-mugger arrested over medical student´s murder
(WorldNews Pakistan)

In less than a week, the police claimed to have solved the murder case of Misbah Athar, a third-year student of the Hamdard University who was shot dead during a mugging bid on October 3, by arresting a ragpicker of Afghan origin who had turned into a street thug. A special police team was constituted on the directives of East Zone DIG Amir Farooqui to inquire into the killing of the medical student. The team, which comprised District East SSP Ghulam Azfar Mahesar, Investigations SP Irfan Zaman, the Gulshan-e-Iqbal SHO and SIO, arrested the suspect for his alleged involvement in the killing. The suspect was identified as Muhammad Nabi Afghani, who is of Afghan origin and a ragpicker by...