KARACHI: In a shocking development, police on Friday recovered cryptocurrency mining machines allegedly worth billions of rupees from Armaghan, the main accused in Mustafa Amir’s murder.
Previously, Mustafa Amir, a young BBA student, was kidnapped and murdered by his friends Armaghan and Shiraz on January 6. The accused assaulted Mustafa with an iron rod and later took him to Balochistan where they burned him alive.
Investigations revealed more sinister details as Armaghan already had a serious criminal record including previous charges of terrorism, drug trafficking, attempted murder and kidnapping since 2019.
Jang News reported that the authorities have recovered two cryptocurrency mining machines from Armaghan’s residence in Defence Housing Authority.
According to details, these mining machines are worth more than Rs2 billion collectively. Investigations have revealed that the accused used to send the earning of his illegal call centre to his cousin residing in the United States.
Armaghan’s cousin, who lives in the US, is a foreign currency account holder there. Authorities say the suspect’s cousin used to send all the money to the suspect’s cryptocurrency account, and the suspect used the money earned through fraud to buy cryptocurrency.
The high-profile murder case has uncovered massive networks of drug trafficking and narcotics business in the elite community.
Armaghan’s arrest led to uncovering narcotics business
Additional IG Karachi Javed Alam Odho while addressing a ceremony on Friday admitted the police’s incompetence in Armaghan case.
“It is the incompetence of the police that we were not able to come to know about this work. We have also started action against our officers,” stated the officer.
As the case continues to gain traction among media, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior on Friday also ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) to investigate the case.
During the meeting, Chairman of Standing Committee Abdul Qadir Patel questioned: “How the accused could open fake bank accounts, transport drugs from Islamabad to Karachi through couriers and buy arms on dark web?”
