KARACHI, Jan 25: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of the Sindh High Court, who is also administrative judge of Anti-Terrorism Courts in Karachi, on Tuesday , accepting the charge-sheet against accused, facing charges of allegedly kidnapping and killing his own nephew, sent his case to ATC-III for trial.

Mohammad Tariq is charged with kidnapping his nephew Mohammad Siddique, 6, outside his house in Korangi on Jan 1, and demanding Rs1.5 million as ransom. Police arrested him by tracing his phone calls. During investigation, the accused disclosed that on his failure to receive ransom, he killed the boy and buried his body on an empty plot.

Meanwhile, the AJ directed the investigation officer to submit charge sheet against seven bandits on Jan 29 in a police encounter and explosive substance case. The investigation officer of the case SI Mohammad Aslam was to submit charge sheet but he requested further time to submit it.

Iftekhar, Khalilur Rehman, Sajjad Ahmed, Fareed, Mohammad Ali and Babar, stated to be a member of the notorious Rehman Dakait gang, were produced before the court. The police arrested them after a shootout on Jan 3 in Kalakot area.

In the encounter, Shahnawaz alias Shani, a close associate of Rehman Dakait, was killed while Nazeer Balla, his accomplice, was injured in the shoot-out who was now admitted in a hospital. Two policemen, SHO Kalakot Shaukat Ali Shahani and head constable Manzoor Hasan had suffered bullet wounds by bandits.

The police said that having learnt that members of Rehman Dacoit were present in the factory for getting extortion from the businessman, a police party reached the spot, and an encounter took place. Seven TT pistols, grenades, a kalashnikov, and ammunition were recovered from the accused.

The accused were booked in Kalakot police station Karachi under Section 353, 324, of PPC and Section 3,4 of Explosive Substance Act, with Section 7 of Anti-Terrorism Act. -PPI