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MET police conducts raids in connection with Dr. Imran Farooq murder case
By Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command Unit has conducted raids on two “residential addresses” in North West London in connection with Dr. Imran Farooq’s murder investigation.
Dr Farooq, the former convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was killed outside his home on 16th September 2010 as he was returning home. Geo News has learnt exclusively that the raid started on Tuesday 19 June at around 6am at two important addresses in the area close to where Dr. Farooq was killed in Edgware, London.
When approached by Geo News, a spokesman of the Metropolitan Police confirmed that officers from the MPS Counter Terrorism Command “executed search warrants at two residential addresses in north-west London as part of the continuing investigation into the murder of Dr Imran Farooq on 16 September 2010”.
The searches are continuing and no arrests have been made. The Metropolitan Police says that it is determined to arrest the killers of Dr. Imran Farooq. The MET police is investing the murder of Dr Farooq case on several lines, including one strong line of investigation that Dr. Farooq was in discussions with his colleagues and members of the public to start his own independent political career.
The raid in London at two important addresses is seen as highly important as Dr. farooq’s 3rd death anniversary approaches.
These searches are being carried out under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE).
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