On 7th August MQM London issued a press release accusing Pakistan Rangers for arresting their worker Mohammad Yusuf Thelawala. MQM alleged that the worker was arrested, tortured and killed by Rangers who then dumped the body.
But yesterday Rangers spokesperson Maj Qambar Raza held a press conference in which Mohammad Yusuf Thelewala was present & alive. The press conference was held to expose the propaganda of MQM-L.
Musatafa Azizabadi, Member of Central Coordination Committee of MQM-London also tweeted about him on 8th August.
#MQM worker Mohd Yousuf extra judicially killed by LEA. He was arrested on 17th July, his mutilated body found on 17@amnesty @hrw @KenRoth pic.twitter.com/maCJgUXWux
— Mustafa Azizabadi (@azizabadi) August 8, 2017
According to rangers they raided a construction firm in Gulshan-e-Zia in Orangi Town. Yusuf went into hiding after he got the news of the raid but become fearful after the press release of MQM-L. He said I handed myself voluntarily and then thanked the paramilitary forces for protecting him.
Maj Raza said that MQM-L workers have went into hiding after orders from their leadership. This was done to malign the security agencies and carry anti-state propaganda.
He also mentioned that the family of Mohammad Yusuf identified the dead body, observed the soyem. Rangers’ official said that investigation is being done to identify the dead body which was claimed by the family of Yusuf Thelewala.