Most were freed after they submitted a solvent surety of Rs5,000 while two suspects were remanded into judicial custody. Hundreds of men were arrested on Monday and Tuesday by the police and Rangers on charges of violating the ban which was imposed under Section 144 because of the worsening law and order situation.
In the Malir district court, the police presented over 50 suspects before judicial magistrates while in district east, the courts dealt with over 40 cases. In district west, at least 14 suspects were freed while in the south over 15 men were freed. Two young men were remanded into jail custody by a judicial magistrate in district central. The Sir Syed police station investigation officer had sought physical custody but the magistrate remanded them to jail custody.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 20th, 2011.
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