Arrest of three 'SRA militants' ordered in Saddar blast case.

KARACHI -- The administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts on Monday directed the investigating officer (IO) to arrest three activists of the outlawed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) for their alleged involvement in an improvised explosives device (IED) attack in Saddar.

Police arrested Sabir Kharal, said to be associated with the outlawed SRA, for his alleged involvement in the May 12 blast on Daud Pota Road that killed one man and wounded several others.

On Monday, the IO produced the held suspect before the administrative judge on expiry of his physical remand to seek an extension in the same.

He informed the court that the provincial home department had constituted a joint investigation team (JIT), which was probing the incident.

He submitted that three alleged accomplices of the detained suspect - identified as Asghar Shah, Ghulam Mehdi and Noor Muhammad - were still at large.

He said further remand of Kharral was required to interrogate him in order to arrest his fleeing accomplices.

Declining the request for extension in police remand, the judge remanded the suspect in judicial custody directing the IO to produce him on the next date.

The judge also told the IO to track down the fleeing suspects and produce them in court on the next date along with an investigation report.

The Counter-Terrorism Department said...