Provocative speech, attack on media: Qamar Mansoor's bail approved

Provocative speech, attack on media: Qamar Mansoor's bail approved
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Summary Police submitted report before court, expressing its helplessness in arresting the suspects in case

KARACHI: (Dunya News) – Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Qamar Mansoor’s bail pleas have been accepted in five cases on Saturday including the facilitation of provocative speech, attack on media houses and others, reported Dunya News.

In its report submitted before the anti-terror court today, police expressed its helplessness in arresting the suspects in the case. The court accepted the bail pleas of Qamar Mansoor and handed the investigations of three cases, including the provocative speech case, to Malir SSP Rao Anwar.

The three cases registered in Site Super Highway, Quaidabad and Steel Town have been shifted to Malir district. MQM leaders Dr Farooq Sattar, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, MQM founder and other suspects are currently fugitive.

The court has postponed the hearing till April 18. Talking about the cases, Rao Anwar said that arrests will be made if need be. “Investigations will be on merit; whoever turns out to be innocent will be released”, he said.

Police also submitted its report regarding declaring Dr Farooq Sattar and Amir Khan as ‘wanted’ under sections 87 and 88. The report says that police tried its best to arrest the two MQM leaders and even published ads in newspapers but failed to arrest them.

The report further states that the details of the declared and undeclared properties of the suspects have also been obtained. It added that the fugitive leaders weren’t cooperating with police deliberately.