Identified as Asif Merchant, he appeared before a federal jury in Brooklyn this week, with prosecutors alleging that he travelled to New York to organise killings in America during the run-up to the presidential election. Who is Asif Merchant? ​Born in approximately 1978 in Karachi, Asif Merchant, also known as Asif Raza Merchant, has stated that he currently resides in Pakistan and maintains families in both Pakistan and Iran. Merchant requested trusted individuals, including 25 protesters, to create a distraction, and asked the hitmen to procure an untraceable phone. Merchant allegedly created a coded language to communicate with CS about his op 'yarn-dye'.

Source: dna February 27, 2026 09:31 UTC