Sabeen Mahmud case: Police recovers mobile numbers

KARACHI: DIG South Dr Jameel said on Wednesday that police has got hold of some cell phone numbers in the ongoing investigation into Sabeen Mahmud’s assassination case.

He said two years ago Sabeen Mahmud had taken out a rally in support of Valentine’s Day and she had been receiving threats ever since.

The DIG said there could be extremists or terrorist outfits behind the murder of the social activist.

He said the initial investigation shows that some terrorist outfits had made threatening phone calls to Sabeen Mahmud.

Dr Jameel said no contact could be made as yet to the victim’s mother.

Sabeen Mahmud, director at The Second Floor (T2F) was gunned down by unidentified armed assailants on Friday night as she left T2F in her car for home along with her mother after hosting a seminar.

The armed attackers riding a motor bike approached her vehicle and showered it with bullets. Sabeen received four bullets and later succumbed to her injuries en route to the hospital. Her mother also sustained bullet wounds and is now recuperating in a local hospital.