 HYDERABAD: Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who has been convicted of kidnapping and beheading of Wall Street Journal's reporter Daniel Pearl, was shifted to Karachi from Central Jail Hyderabad under tight security on Thursday afternoon, police sources told Daily Times. Omer was later taken to Islamabad from Karachi, said sources, adding he had been shifted to Islamabad for interrogation of an old case.
| What? No Daring Escape™? I'm surprised. |
The British-born Islamic militant was sentenced to death on July 14, 2002 by an anti-terrorism court at Hyderabad. His co-accused Salman Saqib, Fahad Naseem and Sheikh Adil were sentenced to life imprisonment.
| He hasn't been strung up yet, obviously... |
Sources said Sheikh was brought to Hyderabad airport under heavy security and then flown to Karachi in a helicopter.
| Not the old "killed in a helicopter crash" wheeze? Please! |
It was the second time that Sheikh was taken away from Hyderabad as he was shifted to Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, on January 18, 2004. He was held briefly at Adiala in connection with the probe into an abortive attempt on the life of President Pervez Musharraf in December 2003, and was later shifted back to Hyderabad jail.
| We'll see what happens on the trip back. If the heli crashes, I sure hope we demand to see the body. |
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