 Baloch leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri was arrested in Karachi on Tuesday, according to sources in Mengal House. Sources said that three mobile police units raided former senator Javed Mengal's house in the Defence Housing Authority at around 3:00 pm, and arrested Marri along with 22 members of the Marri and Mengal tribes. Marri and several others were released an hour later, they said.
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When contacted, both the police stations located in the Defence area, at Darakhshan and Gizri, denied making any such arrest.
Khair Bakhsh Marri is the father of Balach Marri, head of the group Balochistan Liberation Organisation. "The arrest was made only to scare the people of Balochistan. The attack on Nawab Bugti's residence and Nawab Marri's arrest is part of a conspiracy to eliminate such dignitaries and usurp Balochistan's resources, to construct cantonments and exploit Gwadar," Balochistan National Party (BNP) President Akthar Mengal told Daily Times. |