KARACHI: The family of Ahmed Bhardey, partner of Mir Raza, has clarified that the pistol recovered from his restaurant during a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) search belonged to a security guard, not Ahmed, ARY News reported.
According to the family, police searched the restaurant on Wednesday in the presence of the relevant individuals.
The family said the security guard’s pistol was taken into custody in Ahmed’s presence. Both branches of the restaurant had security guards deployed through a private security company.
They said that, like the Bahadurabad branch, the security guard at the North Nazimabad branch also used to leave his weapon at the restaurant before leaving.
The family said the North Nazimabad branch has remained closed continuously since July 29.
They termed it incorrect to describe the security guard’s pistol as Ahmed’s personal weapon.
The family further said they are fully cooperating with the JIT investigation and appear whenever and wherever its members call them.
Earlier, the JIT had sealed a restaurant belonging to Ahmed Bhardey, partner of Mir Raza, in Karachi’s Nazimabad area.
According to JIT sources, a pistol believed to belong to Ahmed Bhardey was recovered during a search of the restaurant.
The weapon was sent for forensic examination, while the JIT also seized the restaurant’s records.
JIT sources had described the recovered pistol as Ahmed Bhardey’s personal weapon. However, his family has now disputed this claim, saying the weapon belonged to a security guard.
