Summary Anwar alias Guddu and Sheraz alias Bakri were arrested in March 2013
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Court has sentenced two workers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) to 13 years in prison each, Dunya News reported Tuesday.
Anwar alias Guddu and Sheraz alias Bakri were arrested in March 2013 from Pakistan Bazaar area.
A court in Karachi’s Central Jail Complex heard the case registered under attempted murder, weapons act and sections related to police encounter.
Order in the case was released by Additional District and Sessions Judge jail complex.
In February, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) had indicted Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s Ubaid K2 in case regarding possession of explosives.
The culprit had pleaded not guilty.
Another MQM worker, Abdul Qadir Hingoro was also indicted the same day. The culprit was apprehended by law enforcers from Karachi’s Garden area for possessing explosives.
Ubaid was arrested by Rangers on March 11, 2015 from Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s headquarters Nine-Zero in a search and siege operation.
Several arrests were made and weapons seized during Nine Zero raid. The troops had presented the weapons before media after the raid and claimed that some of the ammunition and guns were stolen from NATO containers. MQM chief Altaf Hussain had alleged Rangers of bringing illegal weapons along at the raid site.
In the following week, the raiding party stated that MQM failed to put forth licenses of 53 weapons. An official of the force stated that a total of 124 weapons were seized from the Khursheed Begum Memorial Hall while licenses of 107 were provided out of which only 71 had been verified.
