SUKKUR, April 2: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said the government has taken a notice of the statement given by additional session judge Abdul Wahab Abbasi claiming payment of ransom for his release from the kidnappers.

Mr Arbab said judges being educated and belonging to judiciary must disclose the names of those persons whom they paid the ransom money.

When a reporter told him that the judges had already named the persons, the chief minister asked the RPO of Sukkur to take action against those who were behind the deal for the release of judges.

Replying to a question, regarding the dialogue between the PPP and the government, he said those who used to spread bias between Larkana and Lahore now had become Jialas of Punjab.

He said that those arrested during today’s strike would be punished according to law and no one would be spared.

He said the MMA’s the shutter-down and wheel-jam strike had 25 per cent success in Sindh.

He said he visited Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah and Sukkur.

He said when a former prime minister could be hanged in the murder case, then why an FIR could not be registered against Imtiaz Shaikh, who, the chief minister alleged, was involved in a double-murder case.

During his visit to Sukkur, the Sindh chief minister was taken round of the Clock Tower by the local administration.

People were not allowed to see the chief minister whose relatives were tortured by the police and wanted to protest against the police.

JAILED: The Anti-terrorism Court-II, Sukkur and Larkana, here on Friday convicted and sentenced 15 accused to undergo eight times life imprisonment and pay fine of Rs100,000 each on charges of killing four people, including a police constable.

On March 13, 2003, in the Nooro Shar village in the Garhi police area an encounter took place between police and armed bandits during which four people were killed.

Those killed include police constable Maula Bux and three villagers Shahid Hussain Pathan, Anwar Arbani and Nisar Khaskheli.