CCTV footage shows Maulana Adil Khan being stalked by suspect

KARACHI: A CCTV footage obtained by Geo News shows Maulana Adil Khan being stalked by a suspect behind him on a motorcycle. A few minutes later, the prominent religious scholar was gunned down by two assailants who then fled with the suspect on a motorcycle.

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) disclosed that the footage shows a suspect, wearing a black helmet, following Maulana Adil’s car. This was the same man, according to the CTD, who helped the two assailants escape after the assassination.

After following Maulana Adil’s car, the suspect then took a U-turn, returned to the vehicle and then helped the two assailants flee after they committed the murder.

Police have started the probe into Maulana Adil’s murder. The investigation revealed, according to CTD officials, that the religious scholar’s car was parked outside a sweet shop at Karachi’s Shah Faisal area when suspects on motorcycles opened fire on him.

Maulana Adil arrived at Darul-Uloom Korangi, where he offered his Asr prayers and left the place after Maghrib prayers at 7:20pm. At 7:36pm, his car stopped outside a sweet shop where he was murdered.

Both suspects who targeted him can be seen in the CCTV footage at 7:38pm and at 7:40pm, the suspects opened fire on his vehicle.

Police officials said that three persons including Maulana Adil, his driver and a man named Umair were present in the vehicle when the accused opened the fire.

It is not clear how the two persons. who fired upon Maulana Adil’s car. arrived at the spot. It cannot be said with certainty whether they came on their own motorcycles or arrived there through some other transport.