KARACHI: The Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) of the Karachi Police on Thursday arrested Kamran Asghar Qureshi, father of Armaghan Qureshi — the prime suspect in the infamous Mustafa Amir murder case.

According to Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Anil Haider the arrest came during a police raid at Armaghan’s residence located in Defence Housing Authority’s (DHA) Khayaban-e-Momin neighbourhood.

Revealing that ice (drugs) and a 9mm pistol was recovered from the suspect, the SSP said that a case has been registered and further investigation was underway.

Kamran’s arrest comes days after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted a seven-day extension to his son Armaghan’s’ physical remand for inter alia, alleged involvement in the Mustafa’s kidnapping, murder, drug trafficking etc.

This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.