KARACHI, Sept 5: Two suspected assassins, each said to be involved in at least three murders, on Monday were remanded in police custody for interrogation.

A judicial magistrate remanded one of the suspects in police custody in a murder case till Sept 10.

The special investigation unit of police said it had arrested Shahroz in Lines Area and seized illicit weapons found in his custody and later recovered a body from a house in New Karachi on a lead given by the suspect on Sunday.

The SIU police produced the suspect before the court of a judicial magistrate (central) and sought his physical remand. They stated that the suspect confessed to his involvement in the killings of three other men, besides a number of suspects were still at large.

The court handed over the custody of the suspect to police on physical remand for five days and directed the investigation officer to produce him on the next hearing.

According to the prosecution, the suspect confessed that he along with his accomplices — Umair alias Shahbaz, Chutta Khan, Rashid, Asif and Noreen — had killed a police informer, Mohammad Dildar, at their rented house in New Karachi and kept the body inside a box in order to dispose it of sometime during the night.

The police informer had gone missing on Sept 2. Acting on the information obtained from the suspect, the police recovered the body of the deceased.

The suspect also disclosed his involvement in the murders of Kamran, Abid and Asif, it added.

A case (FIR 311/2011) was registered at the Khawaja Ajmer Nagri police station under Sections 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code on a complaint of the deceased’s brother.

The same suspect was remanded by a judicial magistrate (east) in police custody in an illicit weapon case till Sept 10.

The suspect was booked under Section 13-D of the Arms Ordinance registered at the SIU police station.

Meanwhile, another suspect allegedly involved in targeted killings was remanded in police custody on Monday by a magistrate till Sept 8.

Majid alias Kalu said to be associated with one of the several criminal gangs operating in Lyari was produced before a judicial magistrate (west).

The suspect was booked in three murder cases registered at the Pak Colony police station. The police claimed that the suspect also confessed to his involvement in other targeted killings.

Murder suspect sent to jail A judicial magistrate (east) on Monday remanded a suspect in jail custody in double murder and illicit weapon cases till Sept 11.

Majid Moosa was accused of killing Amin-ur-Rahman and his son, Mohammad Asim, on Aug 22 near Teen Hatti. The suspect was arrested on Aug 28 and the police recovered the crime weapon on a lead provided by the suspect. On Aug 29, the court remanded him in police custody till Sept 5.

A case (FIR 260/2011) was registered at the Jamshed Quarter police station under Sections 302 and 34 of the PPC on a complaint of Amin’s brother. Another case (FIR 267/2011) was registered under Section 13-E of the Arms Ordinance.