Zaheda aide arrested in Masood muder case

Sabah Farooki has been named as a co-accused as CBI says she was a co-conspirator in the RTI activist's murder

PTI | March 3, 2012



The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested Sabah Farooki, an accused in the killing of RTI activist Shehla Masood in Bhopal. She is believed to be a friend of Zaheda Pervez, a Bhopal-based interior designer who has been named the main conspirator in the killing. Farooki is understood to have been aware of the details of the planning of the crime and to have assisted in the conspiracy. The arrested accused will be produced in the designated court at Indore.

CBI had earlier arrested Pervez and another person in connection with the case. Both have been placed in CBI custody upto March 6, 2012. Masood was killed outside her residence at Koh-e-fiza, Bhopal inside her Santro Car on August 16 last year. CBI had filed an FIR after a recommendation from the state government.

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