Overview

• Syed Imran, 38, was dragged from his auto and fatally attacked under the railway-station flyover, with his two young children present.
• His 13-year-old son raised the alarm as the assailants chopped fingers and used sharp weapons before Imran was declared brought dead.
• Within about nine hours, police arrested alleged mastermind Syed Mujeeb along with Syed Saddam and Shaikh Irfan.
• Investigators seized the suspects’ car and recovered blood-stained clothing and sharp-edged weapons, which are undergoing forensic analysis.
• An FIR names Mujeeb, Saddam, Shadab, Mohsin and Shahrukh Qureshi under BNS murder, conspiracy, unlawful assembly and Arms Act provisions, as police probe a revenge motive tied to a May 30 gang clash and pursue additional accused.