Nisar Morai sent into judicial custody

Previously, he was placed under preventive detention for 90 days

KARACHI: Former Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) chairperson Nisar Ahmed Memon alias Nisar Morai was handed over to judicial custody after completion of his remand with Rangers on Thursday.

After the end of his detention period, the paramilitary force handed him over to the police since he was one of the absconders in the murder of former Pakistan Steel Mills chief Sajjad Hussain, who was gunned down in Defence Housing Authority in 1998.

The police produced the suspect before South district and additional sessions judge and the court sent him to prison on judicial remand till June 23 and asked the investigating officer to submit supplementary charge-sheet.

The court also issued notice to the prosecutor on the application of defence lawyer seeking medical treatment for the suspect on the next hearing of the case on June 18.



Morai, who is said to be closely linked with the top leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party in Sindh, was arrested from Islamabad in March 2016 during an intelligence-based operation by security agencies. However, the paramilitary force claimed they arrested the suspect from within the limits of Darakhshan police station, but did not mention the date of his arrest.

The investigators claimed they had 'credible' information about his involvement in targeted killings and extortion. Therefore, Morai was placed under preventive detention for 90 days under Section 11EEEE (3) of the Anti-Terrorism Act.

He is allegedly involved in running an extortion ring at the FCS and also in the funding of alleged gangsters and militants belonging to proscribed organisations.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 17^th, 2016.