PPP MNA denied bail in Arshad Pappu murder case

Bail is not a option until after witnesses record their statements, court says.

KARACHI: A court in Karachi denied a request for bail by Pakistan People's Party (PPP) MNA Shahjehan Baloch, Express News reported Monday.

He was arrested in connection to the murder of gangster Arshad Pappu.

A court in Karachi said that bail was not an option until after witnesses recorded their statements.

Alleged Lyari gangster Arshad Pappu, his brother, Yasir Arafat, and their confidant, Juma Shera, were killed on the night of March 16.

According to the FIR registered on the complaint of Arshad Pappu’s widow, the victims were killed after being subjected to torture and the bodies of her husband and his brother were thrown in manholes in Kalakot locality after being mutilated and alleged that the offence was committed at the behest of Shehjahan Baloch.