Fresh details have emerged in the high-profile Mir Raza case that continue to raise serious questions about the investigation. Officials confirmed on Wednesday that a bullet shell recovered from the crime scene does not match the pistol belonging to the security guard. The markings on the shell found at the location were clearly different from those produced during test firings of the guard’s weapon.
Mir Raza Ali, a young IBA graduate and businessman, was discovered dead in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar a day after he went missing on July 28. The final postmortem report has ruled out suicide and confirmed that he died from a gunshot wound. Raza’s father has consistently maintained that his son was murdered and has rejected any suggestion of suicide.
A video recorded hours before the incident showed Raza inside his kitchen. In the footage he appears to take a pistol from a drawer, check it, and later place it inside his car before leaving. Separate CCTV footage later captured him walking alone on foot a short distance from the place where his body was found.
Jibran Nasir, the lawyer representing the family, has strongly questioned the timing and handling of key evidence. He pointed out that police claimed to have recovered the bullet shell from the crime scene a full eight days after the incident. According to Nasir, investigators received the relevant forensic report two days after the incident but delayed sharing its findings. He also noted that the shell recovered at the scene did not match the one linked to the security guard’s pistol.
Officials further stated that forensic examination of Raza’s smartwatch produced no useful evidence connected to the case. A day earlier, the judicial commission set up by the Sindh government ordered a notice to be issued to Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar. The commission had questioned several police officers about the investigation and also issued a notice to DIG Amir Farooqi, head of the investigation team, over alleged withholding of records.
In a separate development, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency has obtained six months of cryptocurrency data belonging to Raza and submitted it to the judicial commission. Police have requested a detailed analysis of the daily transaction patterns. Sources say the agency may hand over the analysed data soon.
The mismatch of the bullet shell and the delayed recovery of evidence have added fresh complexity to the Mir Raza case, keeping public and official attention firmly on the ongoing probe.
