KARACHI, June 10: An anti-terrorism court declared on Saturday former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal a proclaimed offender in the army personnel hostage-taking case.

Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5 also ordered the attachment of the entire moveable and immoveable properties of Sardar Mengal.

Complainant Havildar Qurban Hussain of the Military Intelligence alleged that on April 5 he and Lance Naik Fayyaz Ahmed were on duty on Khiyaban-i-Shamsheer, Saba Commercial Area, when Nasarullah Mengal, Ghulam Hyder Langah alias Chappar, Mehboob Ali Satti and Ghulam Qadir kidnapped them and made them hostage.

Akhtar Mengal, who is also chief of the Balochistan National Party (Mengal), and other unidentified persons were declared absconding co-accused in the charge-sheet.

It was alleged that Sardar Akhtar Mengal kidnapped the army personnel with the intention to kill them when the armymen were going to attend their intelligence duty.

Complainant of the case Qurban Hussain submitted in his FIR that they were made hostage at the DHA residence of Sardar Akhtar Mengal for two hours and were subjected to torture.

The complainant alleged that around 7:55am Sardar Akhtar Mengal came out of his bungalow and ordered his servants to take them inside the bungalow, where they were beaten up. The servants also allegedly snatched their money, national identity cards and service cards. The police arrested the four servants on April 8.