ATC acquits five MQM-L ‘target killers’
The court acquitted the case due to lack of evidence
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KARACHI:
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) acquitted five persons accused of kidnapping citizens, murdering them and then chopping off the bodies of their victims before disposing them.
The ATC acquitted the accused due to the lack of evidence against them. Alleged target killers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L), Nooruddin alias Lal Bal, Muhammad Kamran alias Mechanic, Younis alias Lamba, Salahuddin, and Asif Ali alias Mistri were acquitted from the case. Announcing the verdict, the court remarked that Lal Bal's confessional statement, given before the police, held no legal standing. The others who are on the run were also acquitted from the case.
According to police, the accused kidnapped hotel owner Azad Hassan from Orangi Town and murdered him. The police claim that they disrespected the body of the deceased by chopping it into pieces, packing the pieces in a plastic bag and then throwing it in a garbage dump. The police say that another citizen suffered the same fate at the hands of the accused.
The MQM target killer who lost count of his victims
Attack on political rally
Meanwhile, another ATC reserved the verdict of the case pertaining to the attack on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's rally during the 2018 election campaign. The parties completed their arguments for the case.
Accused in the case, who have acquired bail, appeared before the court. The accused include Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's (MQM-P) candidate from PS107 Rafiq Hingoro, Kabir, Ahmed alias Haji and Naveed Akhter.
The court reserved its verdict till January 3.
According to police, the case against the accused was registered at Kalri Police Station in July 2018 under sections of the Pakistan Penal Code pertaining to rioting, vandalism, interference in state affairs and others.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 11th, 2019.
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) acquitted five persons accused of kidnapping citizens, murdering them and then chopping off the bodies of their victims before disposing them.
The ATC acquitted the accused due to the lack of evidence against them. Alleged target killers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L), Nooruddin alias Lal Bal, Muhammad Kamran alias Mechanic, Younis alias Lamba, Salahuddin, and Asif Ali alias Mistri were acquitted from the case. Announcing the verdict, the court remarked that Lal Bal's confessional statement, given before the police, held no legal standing. The others who are on the run were also acquitted from the case.
According to police, the accused kidnapped hotel owner Azad Hassan from Orangi Town and murdered him. The police claim that they disrespected the body of the deceased by chopping it into pieces, packing the pieces in a plastic bag and then throwing it in a garbage dump. The police say that another citizen suffered the same fate at the hands of the accused.
The MQM target killer who lost count of his victims
Attack on political rally
Meanwhile, another ATC reserved the verdict of the case pertaining to the attack on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's rally during the 2018 election campaign. The parties completed their arguments for the case.
Accused in the case, who have acquired bail, appeared before the court. The accused include Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's (MQM-P) candidate from PS107 Rafiq Hingoro, Kabir, Ahmed alias Haji and Naveed Akhter.
The court reserved its verdict till January 3.
According to police, the case against the accused was registered at Kalri Police Station in July 2018 under sections of the Pakistan Penal Code pertaining to rioting, vandalism, interference in state affairs and others.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 11th, 2019.