Question Time: CID gets custody of four ‘target killers’ till May 3

Hit men remanded to CID custody by Judicial Magistrate West Abdul Hafeez Maitlo on Tuesday on request of police.

KARACHI:

The Crime Investigation Department’s (CID) police has been allowed by a court to question four alleged target killers till May 3.

According to the police, Liaquat Bangash alias Tension, Faizan, Arshad Khan and Azeem, have killed more than 100 people in Karachi. They were remanded to CID custody by Judicial Magistrate West Abdul Hafeez Maitlo on Tuesday.

In the request for remand, the police told the magistrate that the men have confessed to killing over 100 people. They belong to a political party and are part of a death squad with more than 200 members. The group operates in Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Rabia City. They were arrested from Pehlwan Goth along with three hand grenades, two Kalashnikov rifles, a repeater gun and one 8mm rifle. One of their accomplices, Liaquat Ali Yousufzai, escaped during the encounter. The physical custody of the accused is required to find out the whereabouts of their remaining accomplices, the police said.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 27^th, 2011.