Police arrest man for issuing fake bomb threat at SHC

SHC evacuated on Friday due to call

KARACHI: The police claimed to have arrested on Sunday a man for lying about the presence of an explosive device at the Sindh High Court (SHC).

The bomb threat, that later turned out to be a hoax, sent the entire SHC into a state of panic on Friday after the police received an anonymous call on its helpline, Madadgar 15. The caller told the police that a bomb had been planted at the high court’s premises and would go off any time.



Following the bomb threat, law enforcers reached the site and evacuated the premises to avoid any untoward incident. Experts from the bomb disposal squad were also called in and declared the threat was a hoax after clearing the premises and conducting a search for at least two hours.

According to the police, an investigation to trace the caller began following the bomb hoax and the caller was later arrested. The suspect, Pir Buksh, son of Imam Buksh, was arrested during a raid conducted in Sawan Goth in Gadap Town.

Police said that Pir admitted to the crime saying, that he had no intension to blow up the premises and only did it as a joke.

His elder brother had been imprisoned for at least two years on murder charges. The police have registered an FIR No 527/17 under Sections 25-D of the Telegraph Act and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act against the accused at the Preedy police station. Further investigation is under way, said police.