KARACHI, Sept 3: An anti-terrorism court acquitted on Tuesday two people in a kidnapping for ransom case.
Judge Abdul Ghafoor Memon of the ATC-2 exonerated Khalid Jamil and his employee Haji Muhammed Iqbal from the charge of kidnapping a Chinese national and his son for ransom as the prosecution could not prove the allegations.
The case against the two was registered by the Frere police on a complaint of the victim’s wife.
Accused Khalid Jamil, a businessman dealing in cotton waste, deposed that he was implicated in the case due to a monetary dispute with the victim’s wife.
He also placed before the court his export registration certificate, issued to him by the government.
He said Ms Hye had introduced him to the complainant woman and he had made a contract to supply cotton lint to a Chinese company through Mrs Wang.
According to the accused, a sale contract was signed between Mrs Wang and him last year for exporting 500 tons of cotton waste.
Mrs Wang paid $45,000 against the delivery of the goods and she also issued a cheque for $59,000 after deducting $5,000 as her commission, he told the court.
The cheque, issued by the Chinese woman, was fixed to be encashed on Janu 18 though there was no money in Mrs Wang’s account.
He said the investigation officer, Tariq Islam, had obtained Rs200,000 from him illegally.
He said the IO spent the money on purchasing air tickets for Karachi-Multan and Multan-Karachi and for paying hotel bills.
In his deposition, the accused had alleged that Mrs Wang had defrauded him of $59,000. “I have neither kidnapped, nor demanded any ransom. I think I have involved for two reasons; first, business dispute and, second, he refused to marry Miss Hye”, he said.
