KARACHI, Jan 2: Forty-six more accused, mostly PPP workers, were remanded to police custody by a Sindh High Court judge on Wednesday.

Fifty people accused of rioting and arson under the Pakistan Penal Code and the Anti-Terrorist Act were produced before Justice Khwaja Naveed Ahmed, administrative judge for the Karachi division anti-terrorism courts, by officials of the Gizri, Clifton and Boat Basin police stations. A number of their relatives and friends gathered in the court premises and raised pro-PPP slogans as they were brought for remand.

The judge remanded 46 of the accused to custody till January 7 and ordered release of four of them for being under age.

Meanwhile, 14 accused arrested by the New Karachi industrial police station were let off by a judicial magistrate of the Central district. Advocate Anwar Ahmed Yusufzai moved an application under Section 249-A of the criminal procedure code on their behalf.

Meanwhile, a 70-strong group of the city lawyers visited Larkana on Tuesday to offer prayers at the grave of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and condole with her husband, Asif Ali Zardari. According to a press release, the group included Karachi Bar Association president Mahmudul Hasan and secretary Naeem Qureshi and Sindh Bar Council members M. Aqil Lodhi.