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Investigators say chemical, DNA reports not ‘conclusive’ enough to determine direction of Mir Raza Ali probe

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Investigators probing the murder of young business owner Mir Raza Ali on Tuesday received the chemical examiner’s report and one DNA report, but said the findings were not yet “conclusive” enough to determine the direction of the investigation, Dawn has learnt. Owner of eatery Wafflix, Ali had gone missing on July 28, and his body was found a day later with a gunshot wound in bushes in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar. Investigators are also awaiting the findings of other samples and the police surgeon’s final report in light of the laboratory findings. The DNA report confirmed the identity of the deceased, ruling out theories circulating on social media that someone else might have been killed. Informed sources told Dawn that the chemical analysis of samples taken during the first post-mortem examination had revealed three key findings. First, it confirmed the presence of gunshot residue on the back of the perforation in the deceased’s shirt, indicating an entry wound. Second, traces of ac

First report: Judicial commission to probe Mir Raza killing — tribune.com.pk, 2d