Court orders Senator Bugti’s arrest over girl’s kidnapping

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Court orders Senator Bugti’s arrest over girl’s kidnapping

Saleem Shahid Published January 17, 2020

The additional district and sessions court, Quetta, rejected on Thursday the bail application of Senator Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti and issued orders for his arrest in a case involving kidnapping of a girl. — File

QUETTA: The additional district and sessions court, Quetta, rejected on Thursday the bail application of Senator Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti and issued orders for his arrest in a case involving kidnapping of a girl.

However, police could not arrest the senator as he left immediately after his bail application was rejected. Senator Bugti was on an interim bail before the arrest orders were granted by the court.

Senator Bugti is facing charges of involvement in kidnapping of a minor girl, Maria.

Maria’s grandmother had filed a case about her kidnapping against her father and alleged that the girl was kept in the senator’s house after being kidnapped.

The family court had given Maria’s custody to her grandmother.

About Mr Bugti’s arrest, a senior police officer said: “We are making efforts for his arrest.” However, no arrest was reported till late in the night.

Senator Bugti has denied his involvement in the kidnapping of the girl and termed it a domestic dispute.

Published in Dawn, January 17th, 2020

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Nadeem

Jan 17, 2020 08:14am

Prime example of Law enforcement in Naya Pakistan!

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Sheeda Patangi

Jan 17, 2020 08:44am

Trumped up charges.

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LAHORI KID

Jan 17, 2020 08:52am

He just looks guilty

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Abdul Bais

Jan 17, 2020 09:41am

@LAHORI KID, really?

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shamshad

Jan 17, 2020 10:06am

Very interesting police could not arrest the senator as he immediately left the court but for common police will arrest the whole family and will also ransacked the house

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Amjad Durrani Engineer USA

Jan 17, 2020 10:22am

Balochistan’s multiple conflicts have created an enabling environment for criminal elements and groups to cement their presence and activity in the province. Members of threatened ethnic groups, government personnel, and local nongovernmental and foreign aid workers are frequently kidnapped for ransom. Such episodes have played a significant role in spreading terror and restricting travel and movement within Baluchistan. Under this backdrop, it is unpalatable and raises lot of brows when a senator of the ruling provincial govt. who has been indicted of kidnapping of a minor and ordered to be arrested, conveniently made his escape from the court premises in presence of police force. This clearly shows that such political elites despite being involved in criminal activities remains above law. Let us hope, that he will be apprehended soon and made to face the music without any distinction of his political clout or tribal nuisance value.

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Daanish

Jan 17, 2020 10:24am

Senator must resign and put in Larkana jail until his production order.

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Saif Zulfiqar

Jan 17, 2020 11:02am

These tribal leaders must be locked up for their inhuman crimes against minors.

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Akhter

Jan 17, 2020 11:09am

Waderas are the clear and present danger to the society and the country.

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