SUKKUR: Bugti’s house raided

Published April 8, 2006

SUKKUR, April 7: Jacobabad police raided the bungalow of Nawab Akbar Bugti, chief of Jamhoori Watan Party, in the early Friday morning and arrested three employees. The bungalow, located on the National Highway, was cordoned off by a heavy contingent of law-enforcement personnel arrested Arbab Ali Lashari, Yasir Ali Wagho and Ashiq Mirani, who are said to be Nawab Bugti’s employees.

Police also claimed to have found a rocket-launcher and two rockets in their possession. The arrested persons were kept at the Civil Lines police station.

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