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India-Pakistan
Suspect in Justice Baqar case dies
2013-07-19
The prime suspect in the attack on the convoy of Justice Maqbool Baqar of Sindh High Court succumbed to his injures in a hospital late on Wednesday, police claimed.
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According to a police statement, the suspect, identified as 60-year-old Hafiz Bashir Leghari, and allegedly a member of a banned extremist outfit, was arrested from Surjani Town on Tuesday night during an operation in which the suspect sustained bullet injuries.

The driver of the senior SHC judge and eight police guards were killed in the attack on June 26 on the busy Burnes Road near the Sindh High Court. Justice Baqar was admitted to a private hospital with serious injuries and is currently under treatment.

A senior police officer told newsmen that a Kalashnikov, a 9mm pistol and explosive material were seized from Bashir LeghariÂ’s possession. However, suspectÂ’s family disputed the police claim.

The suspectÂ’s son, Mohammed Ahmed, told media that his father was shot by policemen during a raid on their home in Sector 7-C, Surjani, at 3.45am.

Meanwhile, the Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat denounced the police raid on Bashir LeghariÂ’s home and described it as regrettable.

“In order to hide their own failure, the police have falsely described him as the mastermind of the attack on Justice Maqbool Baqar,” said ASWJ spokesman Maulana Akbar Saeed Farooqi.

The ASWJ leader claimed that Leghari was involved in social work in the area. Besides, he was also chairman of the Deoband action committee and businessman and had nothing to do with the activities of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi or any other militant organisation.
Posted by:Steve White

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