KARACHI: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Sindh has excluded the names of three people accused in the kidnapping and beheading of the US Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl from the "2nd Red Book". The new list of wanted terrorists, called the "2nd Red Book" published at the end of 2004, contains the names of a total of 106 extremists from both Sunni and Shiite groups.
The names of accused Attaur Rehman alias Naeem Bukhari alias Ahmed and Faisal Bhatti alias Zubair Chisti who were listed as activists of the banned sectarian outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and involved in many cases of terrorism including the kidnapping and murder of Pearl, have been omitted. Sources added that the CID has also deleted the name of another alleged culprit, Imtiaz Siddiqui, from the new edition of the said book. According to the first Red Book, a reward of Rs.5 million has also been announced for the arrest of Siddiqui. |