KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department of police on Wednesday informed an antiterrorism court about 90-day preventive detention of a suspected militant for questioning.

The CTD claimed to have arrested Owais Raheel, an engineering and business graduate, on Oct 6 in the Boat Basin area of Clifton for allegedly working for the banned Hizbut Tahrir and targeting educated youngsters to use them in what the police described as “illegal activities with a view to implementing “Khilafa’” in the country.

The CTD personnel produced the suspect in the chamber of ATC-III Judge Saleem Raza Baloch and submitted that upon receiving credible information about his involvement in terrorism related offences falling within the ambit of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, the suspect was placed under preventive detention for three months under Section 11-EEEE (1) of the ATA for inquiry.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Rangers also informed on Wednesday the same court regarding 90-day preventive custody of three suspects for questioning.

The personnel of the paramilitary force along with their prosecutor produced Shahid, alias Papa, Farooq Qureshi and Sajid, alias Pappu, said to be political activists, before the judge amid tight security.

They submitted that the suspects were picked up within the jurisdiction of the Eidgah and the Mithadar police stations and put under three-month detention for an inquiry under Section 11-EEEE since there was credible information about their involvement in targeted killing and other offences falling within the ambit of the ATA.

In compliance with Section 11-EEEE (3) of the ATA, the detainees were produced along with detention orders and jail warrants for the information of the court, they added.

Published in Dawn, October 8th , 2015

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