The Sindh Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday arrested the vice-chancellor of a private university from Karachi over charges of financing al Qaeda and allegedly aiding the Safoora Goth massacre.
Adil Massod Butt, a close aide and the business partner of Safoora Goth attack’s main suspect Saad Aziz, was arrested by CTD from the Clifton area of the metropolis.
Giving details, the CTD sources revealed that Butt’s name surfaced as the financier of the attack after the joint investigating team (JIT) interrogated another suspect, Khalid Yousuf.
The evidence of Butt’s involvement was further establishment after his bank records were investigated, the counter-terrorism department said.
Later, addressing a press conference to announce the arrest, CTD head Raja Umer Khattab said that Butt was the business partner of Saad Aziz alias Tin Tin.
“Butt had studied at Indiana University in USA and later set up his own ‘College of Accountancy and Management Science (CAMS),’ which has three branches where around 2,000 students are studying,” Khattab said.
At least 43 people were killed and 13 others wounded on May 14 when armed men opened fire inside a bus carrying members of the Ismaili community near Safoora Chowk in Karachi.
Sindh Police Inspector General Ghulam Haider Jamali said 60 people were on board the bus when six gunmen entered and executed 43 passengers.
Ahmed Marwat, a spokesman for Jundullah, which is a splinter group of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), had claimed responsibility for the attack.
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