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| Another 26 suspects remanded in police custody |
| 2015-03-15 |
| [DAWN] KARACHI: Rangers informed an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday about the reasons for a 90-day preventive detention of 32 suspects, while another 26 were remanded in police custody in cases relating to possession of illicit weapons and explosive substances. The paramilitary force had picked up the suspects in a pre-dawn raid on and around the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... headquarters Nine Zero in Azizabad on Wednesday. The Rangers personnel, along with their prosecutor, brought to the ATC-II the 32 suspects blindfolded and handcuffed amid tight security. Later police, along with paramilitary personnel, produced 26 more suspects before the court in a similar manner. The Rangers informed the court that they had detained 32 suspects for questioning upon receiving credible information about their involvement in offences relating to murder and terrorist activities punishable under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. |
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