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| Jundullah men remanded into custody for robberies |
| 2008-02-07 |
| Qasim Toori and Danish alias Talha, alleged activists of the banned Jundullah, were remanded to the custody of the Saudabad police till Feb 18 by Administrative Judge (AJ) for Anti-Terrorism Courts, Justice Khwaja Naveed Ahmed, on Wednesday in a bank robbery case. The same set of accused men was also produced before Judicial Magistrate East Maqbool Memon who also remanded them to the physical custody of the Saudabad police in another bank dacoity and kidnapping case till Feb 15. According to the remand papers submitted before the AJ, the accused men along with their accomplices identified as Ajab Khan alias Zakir, Obaid, Junaid Farooqui alias Ibrahim (killed) Iqbal alias Rehan, Ishaq alias Gul Khan, Obaidullah, Mehmood alias Umar, Tayyab Dad (killed) Badshah Khan, Abu Bakar, Yaqoob Abdullah and Shakir (absconders) robbed a local bankÂ’s Saudabad branch. The accused looted Rs 5,036,000, an official SMG, seven mobile phones and the hard disc of the CCTV. The FIR was lodged on a complaint by the bank manager Mumtaz Mustafa Ghazali. According to the FIR, the men opened fire, killing Police Constable Muhammad Amjad, security guard Muhammad Ashraf and Iftikhar Hussain, a passerby. ASI Liaquat Ali Ghangro, HC Shehzad Khan were injured when the accused opened fire on interception while fleeing. The police also obtained their remand from the court of the Judicial Magistrate East in the kidnapping case of Abid Qureshi who was found chained from their den in Shah Latif Town. |
| Posted by:Fred |