Trial begins of second suspect arrested over murder of MP Dr Afrasheem Ali
21 Apr 2013, 6:10 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Criminal Court today commenced the first hearing in the trail of Ahmed Shan, the second suspect to be arrested in connection with the murder of moderate religious scholar and MP Dr Afrasheem Ali.
State prosecutors confirmed that the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) was pressing murder charges against Shan.
Shan is accused of entering the Funvilu house in Galolhu ward between 11:00pm on October 1 and 2:00am the following day with a group of people to murder Dr Afrasheem.
In response, Shan said the charges were clear to him and told the court that he wished to secure legal counsel.
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