LONDON: Spokesman of London Metropolitan Police Alan Crawford denied MQM leader Tariq Mir’s statement regarding Indian funding being official record, BBC reported.
Spokesman of London Police in a short email to BBC Urdu clarified that the document published by several news agencies and run by many TV channels regarding Tariq Mir’s statement was not belong to London Police.
“After briefly reviewing the document, London Police has endorsed that the statement is not from official archive of Police.” It said.
Earlier, a document surfaced on social media form unknown sources, which caused a stir in local politics. The document stated Tariq Mir’s confession during investigation in 2012, that MQM had received direct Indian funding approximately of 800,000 pounds every year.
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