Assassins eliminate Mir, ISI’s key man in Kulbhushan’s kidnapping

way2barak, Mar 9: Mufti Shah Mir, accused of helping Pakistan’s ISI in kidnapping Indian businessman and former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav from Iran, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Turbat, Balochistan.

Unidentified armed men gunned down Mir in Turbat town of Kech, late on Friday night,  police said.
Aarmed men targeted the religious scholar when he was coming out after performing night prayer.
“Armed men riding motorcycles opened fire on Mufti Shah Mir, leaving him seriously injured,” police said, adding he was immediately shifted to Turbat hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The deceased received multiple bullet injuries that caused his death. Mufti Shah Mir was close to JUI-F. He previously survived two attempts on his life. The attack came days after two leaders of JUI-F were shot dead in Khuzdar.

Mir, a human and arms trafficker, operated under the cover of a mufti (scholar) and was a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, an Islamic fundamentalist political party.