KARACHI: A local court on Monday handed over the suspect to police in the attempted murder case registered by former cricketer Wasim Akram after his car was fired upon after a minor scuffle in Karachi.
The suspect namely Altaf Ahmed was handed over to Bahadurabad police for further investigation till August 17. Senior police officials earlier confirmed that they had arrested the man driving the car at the time of the incident and also recovered the vehicle, a Honda Civic.
The actual suspect reportedly ‘underground’
Altaf Ahmed, who was driving the car has told the police that the man who fired on Akram’s car was Aamir Butt, who had gone underground.
“The driver has held Butt responsible for first pointing a gun at Wasim and than firing at his Mercedes car after the accident on Karsaz road near the national stadium,” one official told PTI.
“Altaf has confirmed their car slightly hit Wasim’s vehicle but although the cricketer signaled them to stop, Aamir Butt forced him to drive on after which Wasim chased them and blocked their way,” he said.
“According to Altaf, Akram was very angry and banged on the hood of the Honda Civic car and there was exchange of abusive language after which Butt got out from the back seat and opened fire,” the police official said.
He said both Altaf and the car were found in Hyderabad but Butt had gone into hiding
