Uzair Baloch shifted from prison to Rangers’ Mitha Ram hostel

Published June 16, 2020
In a previous hearing, prison official stated that Uzair Baloch could not be produced in court as he was shifted from the central prison to the Mitha Ram Hostel. — Hussain Afzal/File
In a previous hearing, prison official stated that Uzair Baloch could not be produced in court as he was shifted from the central prison to the Mitha Ram Hostel. — Hussain Afzal/File

KARACHI: The Rangers have shifted the custody of chief of outlawed Peoples Amn Committee Uzair Jan Baloch from Karachi central prison to the Mitha Ram hostel sub-jail reportedly due to security concerns, an antiterrorism court was informed on Monday.

The information was provided in a letter submitted by the central prison’s senior superintendent to the ATC-VXI judge during the hearing of a case pertaining to murder and terrorism registered at the Pak Colony police station in 2013.

On the last date, the court had issued the production order for the alleged Lyari kingpin.

In its reply to the production order, the prison official stated that the convicted prisoner (Uzair Baloch) could not be produced in court as he was shifted from the central prison to the Mitha Ram Hostel near Pakistan Chowk on the direction of the Sindh home department.

Home dept declares Rangers’ facility as sub-jail; ATC is told jail official shall supervise the sub-jail

It further stated that in view of the abovementioned contention, the court was requested to issue another date of hearing so that Uzair Baloch could be produced.

The judge, who is conducting the trial in the judicial complex inside the central prison, reissued Baloch’s production order for July 13.

Earlier, on June 9, the provincial home department had reportedly issued a notification stating that in consideration of reports about security concerns the government had notified the facility on the premises of Pakistan Rangers’ Mitha Ram Hostel as a sub-jail to keep safe custody of the Lyari gangster.

It had mentioned that the officials nominated by inspector general of prisons shall be responsible for supervision and administration of the sub-jail and the Rangers and police shall be responsible for its external security.

It said that the paramilitary force and the law enforcement agency shall take all possible security measures to avert any chance of criminal act or threat to the inmate and the staff posted with him at the sub-jail.

Published in Dawn, June 16th, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

New terror wave
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

New terror wave

The time has come for decisive government action against militancy.
Development costs
27 Mar, 2024

Development costs

A HEFTY escalation of 30pc in the cost of ongoing federal development schemes is one of the many decisions where the...
Aitchison controversy
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

Aitchison controversy

It is hoped that higher authorities realise that politics and nepotism have no place in schools.
Ceasefire, finally
Updated 26 Mar, 2024

Ceasefire, finally

Palestinian lives matter, and a generation of orphaned Gazan children will be looking to the world community to secure justice for them.
Afghan return
26 Mar, 2024

Afghan return

FOLLOWING a controversial first repatriation phase involving ‘illegal’ Afghan refugees last November, the...
Planes and plans
26 Mar, 2024

Planes and plans

FOR the past many years, PIA has been getting little by way of good press, mostly on account of internal...