UK police release Pakistani politician as investigations continue


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  • Saturday, 07 Jun 2014

Supporters of Pakistan's Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) political party hold posters of the party's leader Altaf Hussain while chanting slogans at a gathering to show solidarity with their leader in Karachi June 4, 2014. REUTERS/Athar Hussain

LONDON (Reuters) - British police have released exiled Pakistani politician Altaf Hussain on bail following his arrest four days ago which sent Pakistan's largest city Karachi into lockdown amid fears of violence.

Hussain, 60, one of the most divisive and feared figures in Pakistan, was arrested on Tuesday at his north London home on suspicion of money laundering. Wanted in Pakistan in connection with a murder case, he has been living in self-imposed exile in Britain since the early 1990s.

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