 Six people on Tuesday evening picked up Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, the former chief of banned militant group Harkatul Mujahideen, from Tarnol, thrashed him and dumped him on Fateh Jang road. They also severely beat up Abdur Rehman, KhalilÂ’s driver, said Sultan Zia, the information secretary of the banned organisation.
| I like the idea of a hearty thumping, but really, they should have done him in... |
Golra police have registered an FIR against unidentified men. “Six unidentified people badly thrashed Maulana Khalil and his driver with rifle butts inflicting serious head injuries to them, Zia said.
| Rifle butts... Serious head injuries... Be still, my beating heart! |
Maulana Kahlil left his residence along with his driver on Tuesday evening to attend a congregation at Tarnol, sources said. He made a stopover to offer Maghrib prayers near Tarnol railway crossing, where unidentified men put cloth over the heads of Khalil and his driver, tied them up with rope and took them to Fateh Jang road in a vehicle. Later, the men started beating them. Khalil was severely injured and received wounds on his head and other parts of his body, the sources added. They said at midnight on Tuesday, when Khalil returned to his senses, he made a phone call to his home.
| With a nice deep vein thrombosis, after which a clot works its way loose, gets stuck in the brain, and he drops dead in mid-Friday sermon. Insh'allah. |
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