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| Bail denied to Peshawar bombing suspect |
| 2015-09-13 |
| [DAWN] The Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. High Court on Friday dismissed bail petition of a suspected terrorist incarcerated Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! on the charge of facilitating the suicide kaboom of Madrassa Arif Hussain Al-Hussaini, Peshawar, which left 14 people dead more than two years ago. Justice Asadullah Khan Chamkani of a single-member bench observed that the petitioner, Fazal Mohammad alias Dadullah, didn't deserve to be given the concession of bail keeping in view the available evidence on record. The bombing had taken place just ahead of Friday prayers at the madrassa situated in Chamkani area on June 21, 2013. Its FIR was registered at the Chamkani cop shoppe under sections 302, 324, 427 of Pakistain Penal Code, Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act and sections 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substance Act. The lawyer for the state said the petitioner had confessed to the crime before the police and a joint investigation team. He said the JIT report and the petitioner's confessional statement clearly proved his involvement in the commission of the offence. The lawyer said in the statement, the petitioner, who failed from Tirah area in Khyber Agency left... the place to go if you've got an Indiana Jones hat and whip. Chock full of high adventure and treacherous Pathans. You should really train up to it, though... /> and lived in Chamkani when the incident took place, had also admitted that he had remained associated with different terrorist outfits, including Bara-based Lashkar-e-Islam ...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It's headed by a former bus driver.... . He said in the statement, the petitioner had claimed that the jacket wallah, Saifullah, was brought to him by the commander of a banned outfit. "The petitioner had stated that he was told by the said commander that the bomber would be used for bombing Madrassa Arif Hussain Al-Hussaini, a Shia seminary. |
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