With the Orangi Town house robbery case against former SSP South Imran Qureshi and DSP Umair Tariq Bajari far from over, an anti-terrorism court has given the go-ahead to their trial in another case pertaining to alleged kidnapping for ransom and dacoity.
Muhammad MansoorShaikh, a retired army officer, filed a direct complaint, accusing against SSP Qureshi, DSP-UT Umair Tariq, Boat Basin SHO RiazNiazi, then Defence SHO Shoukat, ASI Ali Hasan of the Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station, Shireen Jinnah Chowki in-charge Muslim Shah, Constables Khurram and Rabnawaz, as well as over a dozen unknown persons/ officials, for their alleged involvement in kidnapping him, his son-in-law and servant and looting cash, mobile phones and other valuables from his house in October last year.
The ATC-XV judge took cognisance of alleged offences punishable under Section 365-A (kidnapping or abducting for extorting property, valuable security, etc.), 395 (dacoity), and 34 (common intention) of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Section 7 (punishment for acts of terrorism) of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
