Highway killings: ATC grants bail to five suspects
The five accused were of the 11 men nominated in an FIR for attacking buses.
The five accused were of the 11 men nominated in an FIR for attacking buses. PHOTO: FILE
GILGIT:
A court in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) on Tuesday accepted the bail plea of five men accused of attacking buses and killing passengers on the Karakoram Highway in 2012.
The five accused were of the 11 men nominated in an FIR for attacking buses and killing 10 passengers at Gonar Farm area of Diamer Valley in June.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 1st, 2014.
A court in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) on Tuesday accepted the bail plea of five men accused of attacking buses and killing passengers on the Karakoram Highway in 2012.
The decision was made by Justice Raja Shahbaz Khan of the anti-terrorism court, paving the way for the temporary release of the accused languishing in a jail in Chilas, headquarters of Diamer Valley since last year.
“The court has granted bail to Maulana Muzammil Shah, Qari Qayyum, Rizwan, Mohamad Yasir and Mahmoodul Hassan,” a lawyer said while talking to The Express Tribune. The five accused had surrendered to police in Chilas town through a local jirga after being nominated in the sectarian violence that had gripped the whole of G-B in 2012, resulting in the killing of more than 70 people in separate incidents.
The five accused were of the 11 men nominated in an FIR for attacking buses and killing 10 passengers at Gonar Farm area of Diamer Valley in June.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 1st, 2014.