KARACHI: The administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts on Tuesday remanded a suspect in police custody for his alleged involvement in the May 12 improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Saddar that claimed life of a man and injuries to several others.

Police arrested Sabir Kharal, said to be associated with the outlawed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA), and produced him before the administrative judge to seek his custody on police remand for questioning.

The investigating officer submitted that the suspect was taken into custody in connection with his alleged involvement in the IED blast, adding that a joint investigation team had already been constituted to probe the incident.

He further submitted that three alleged accomplices of the held suspect — identified as Asghar Shah, Ghulam Mehdi and Noor Muhammad — were still at large.

The IO claimed that the suspects were associated with the banned militant outfit SRA, adding that his custody was required for 14 days.

However, the judge remanded the suspect in police custody till June 10 directing the IO to produce him on the next date.

Published in Dawn, June 8th, 2022