MQM had links with India’s RAW agency, Saulat Mirza tells JIT

ISLAMABAD: Saulat Mirza, the death row inmate and Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) ex worker, in his statement recorded a few days back with the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) said MQM had links with India’s intelligence agency RAW.

According to the JIT report obtained by Geo News, Mirza said funding to MQM came from RAW.

The report says that Mirza confessed to killing 13 people before the JIT and yet he was implicated in two murders only.

It said Saulat Mirza in the former KESC MD Shahid Hamid’s assassination case took only one new name - MQM leader Babar Ghauri.

The report recommends investigation by the intelligence agencies into Mirza’s disclosures.

It further says that Saulat also made disclosures about MQM’s network in South Africa.

It also recommends reopening of cases against target killers identified by Mirza in his statement.

Mirza also said that Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF) – the welfare wing of MQM – is also used wrongfully.

The JIT report says that the media statement of Saulat was authentic and genuine.

It also calls for reopening the murder case of former chairman Matric Board, Ismail Memon.

The report also proposes strict monitoring of welfare wings of religious outfits.