Pak 'scholar', who helped ISI abduct Kulbhushan Jadhav, shot dead in Balochistan

Mufti Shah Mir shot dead in Balochistan

Islamabad: A Pakistani 'scholar' Mufti Shah Mir, accused of helping ISI in abducting Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav from Iran, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Balochistan 

According to media reports, Mir, who was working as human trafficker under the cover of a scholar, was killed when he was leaving a local mosque after offering prayers in Turbat area of the province. He was shot multiple times by the bike-borne assailanats. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was succumbed to bullet injuries. 

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Mir was a member of the fundamentalist party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and was close to Pakistan's spy agency ISI. 

Reports also suggest that he frequently visited terror camps in Pakistan and helped terrorists infiltrate into the Jammu and Kashmir. 

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