KARACHI: Unsatisfied with the probe into their son’s murder, parents of young businessman Mir Raza has approached Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, requesting that he directly supervise the investigation.

Raza, owner of eatery Wafflix, had gone missing on July 28 and his body was found a day later with a gunshot wound in bushes near Shahi Qila Ground in Gulistan-i-Jauhar.

His parents, Mir Hussain and Mariam, wrote a letter to the Sindh CM through their lawyer Jibran Nasir, alleging that the investigation continues to suffer as the probe team “appears to focus on perpetuating the false narrative of death of deceased by suicide”.

The 22-page letter, which went into extensive detail about the incident and subsequent investigations, as well as the controversies surrounding the case, stated that the “murderers and the conspirators of murder… despite public scrutiny continue to appear to exercise considerable political clout to ensure that the truth remains suppressed”.

In 22-page letter to CM, their lawyer Jibran Nasir alleges investigators are perpetuating ‘false suicide narrative’

“Our clients sincerely hope that, as the chief executive of the province, you will rise above controversy and partisanship and ensure transparency, fairness and efficiency,” said the letter, addressing the CM.

It said that Raza’s parents “are horrified at the level of corruption, incompetence and political influence prevalent within Sindh Police”.

In the letter, Advocate Nasir, on behalf of the victim’s family, demanded the immediate suspension of police officers who were part of the original investigation team.

Referring to Sindh police’s statement on Tuesday that it had ruled out suicide following the second post-mortem examination of the body, the letter questioned “why the current investigation team continues to spend time and energy analysing and re-analysing these reports rather than focusing on securing and rationalising multiple other sources of evidence”.

The letter then listed 24 questions that remained unanswered in the investigation, including those concerning Raza’s communications shortly before his murder and the circumstances surrounding his death. It also raised questions about missing digital and forensic evidence.

The letter further pointed out that police had not answered questions concerning the alleged actions of Raza’s business partner in the days immediately before and after his murder.

“The police hierarchy has been reduced to a tool used to corrupt and later destroy the crime scene,” the letter alleged.

The previous investigation team’s conduct “attracts multiple penal offences under the Pakistan Penal Code”, the letter said, specifically mentioning section 201, for “causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender”, and section 218, relating to a “public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent” to save someone from punishment.

The letter went on to propose 10 charges against the police officers concerned, including deliberate mishandling of material evidence, failure to record witness statements, deliberate manipulation of the investigation record, unlawful handling of the deceased’s devices, and “abuse of official position and concerted acts to defeat the course of investigation”, among others.

The letter also proposed 13 terms of reference for a departmental inquiry against the police officers, including an inquiry into “why the former investigation team prematurely adopted and promoted the theory of suicide” and “why the investigation team failed to respond to and heed the letter of the Police Surgeon Karachi”.

The letter also questioned why the special medical board had faced resistance and called for an examination into “the custody, handling and forensic examination of the deceased’s smartwatch”.

It further urged the departmental inquiry to “determine whether any senior police officer, public office-holder or other person improperly influenced, directed or pressured the former investigation team to adopt, maintain or promote the suicide narrative or otherwise interfere with the investigation”.

A copy of the letter was also sent to the prime minister of Pakistan and Sindh’s deputy inspector general of crime and investigation.

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2026