KARACHI: Altaf Hussain, a senior officer and skilled investigator, retired from the Sindh Police on November 12. He had worked there for 38 years.
The police officer gained notoriety for using a parrot to shed light on a double homicide.Altaf Hussain, a former senior superintendent of police (SSP), began working for the provincial police force as an assistant sub-inspector in 1984.
Even though November 12 was a holiday, Hussain came in nonetheless because it was his last day working at the SSP Investigation East office in Karachi and he needed to finish up some unfinished business.