Pakistani man arrested in 1995 Blackwood market murder
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a man for his alleged involvement in the 1995 murder of a market trader in Wales’ Caerphilly county, the BBC reported.
Mohammad Basharat alias “Bobby”, 49 — who according to British National Crime Agency was found to be living under cover of a fake identity — is suspected of killing Jaswant Singh Sandhu in Blackwood 27 years ago. Sandhu had succumbed to bullet injuries at a hospital after being shot during a dispute over the price of T-shirts at a clothes stall.
The publication quoted FIA additional director Sheikh Zubair Ahmad as saying that they cooperated with the UK authorities to arrest Basharat, who had been declared a fugitive by UK police.
The FIA presented Basharat before a local court in the federal capital and acquired his custody.
According to the FIA, Basharat belonged to Kashmir’s Mirpur district but lived in Oldham, Lancashire, and worked at a market in south Wales thrice a week. However, after coming back to Pakistan, he got a new identity card with the name of Zamir Ali, and started running his own businesses, including a recruitment agency in Rawalpindi.
The agency said they were in contact with Interpol and the process of extradition to UK was underway.
The publication quoted FIA additional director Sheikh Zubair Ahmad as saying that they cooperated with the UK authorities to arrest Basharat, who had been declared a fugitive by UK police.
The FIA presented Basharat before a local court in the federal capital and acquired his custody.
According to the FIA, Basharat belonged to Kashmir’s Mirpur district but lived in Oldham, Lancashire, and worked at a market in south Wales thrice a week. However, after coming back to Pakistan, he got a new identity card with the name of Zamir Ali, and started running his own businesses, including a recruitment agency in Rawalpindi.
The agency said they were in contact with Interpol and the process of extradition to UK was underway.