Saeedabad blast suspect sent to jail

Saeedabad blast suspect sent to jail
An Administrative Judge (AJ) of the anti-terrorism courts (ATC) on Thursday sent an injured suspect of the Saeedabad blast to jail and directed the investigation officer (IO) of the case to a submit-charge sheet on February 4.
Khalid Khan, the sole survivor of the blast that killed six persons at a house in the Saeedabad area, had been admitted to the Civil Hospital Karachi. Police said that the suspect was unable to move due to injuries in the bomb blast.
The police said that the injured suspect confirmed that his associate, Arif, was wearing a jack filled with explosive substance when blast occurred. The police recovered 26 hand grenades, three Kalashnikovs, two suicide jackets and explosive material besides 5,000 bullets from the spot. The police registered a case against the suspect under explosive substance, illegal weapon and anti-terrorism charges.
The IO submitted that the police had to further investigate from the suspect about the incident and sought extension of police remand. The AJ Justice Amir Hani Muslim, however, sent the suspect to jail and directed the IO to submit the charge-sheet on the next date of hearing.
Policeman killing case: The Administrative Judge (AJ) also sent a suspect to jail in a policeman’s killing case and directed the IO to complete the investigation till February 4.
Qadir alias Dakait was arrested by the police on charges of killing a policeman and a passer-by in the Baghdai area during a clash with the police. The IO submitted that the suspect and his absconding co-accused fired rocket on an armoured personnel carrier and used heavy weapons against a police party during a raid on the hideouts of the Lyari gangsters on December 3, 2009.
Meanwhile, police submitted a charge-sheet against four suspects including Asad, Zafar, Adnan and Ms Mehwish alias Komal in kidnapping for ransom case.
They were charged with kidnapping eight-year-old Tufail Asad from the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area on December 23. The police said that suspects demanded Rs2 million from the father of the abducted boy, who is working in the State Bank. Later, the deal was finalized at Rs5,00,000 and the suspects asked the father of abducted to deliver the ransom money in the Korangi area. The police, however, arrested Ms Mehwish who had turned up to receive the ransom. She gave a lead about her co-suspects, who were later arrested by the police and the boy was recovered. The AJ accepting the charge-sheet sent the case to the ATC-I for trial.