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| Police release seven suspects in KPC attack case for want of evidence |
| 2016-04-03 |
| [DAWN] KARACHI: Police on Friday informed the administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... that they released seven suspects for want of evidence in a case pertaining to an attack on the Karachi Press Club (KPC). The seven suspects -- Abdul Qadir, Muhammad Raza, Imran, Umair Khan, Zafar Iqbal, Irfan and Khawaja Raza -- said to be affiliated with the students’ wing of a religious party, were tossed in the clink ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... on March 28 for their alleged involvement in the case. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... the investigation officer submitted a report under Section 497(2) of the criminal procedure code in court stating that no incriminating evidence was found against the suspects to connect them with the alleged offence during the investigation. He added that three media persons, who sustained injuries in the attack, did not identify the suspects. The administrative judge directed the IO to submit an investigation report as required under Section 173 of the CrPC. According to the prosecution, the Anjuman Talba-e-Islam, the student wing of the Jamaat Ulema-e-Pakistain-Noorani, had staged a demonstration on March 27 in front of the KPC to mark the chehlum of Mumtaz Qadri, but the participants turned violent and set a vehicle of a news channel on fire, beat up journalists and attacked the KPC over what they described as a lack of media coverage of their protest. Paperwork was started but nothing else was done under Sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc), 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or a shorter term) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistain Penal Code read with Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 at the Artillery Maidan police. |
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