Maulana Abdul Aziz —File photo by AP
Maulana Abdul Aziz —File photo by AP

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court, on Wednesday, indicted the cleric of Lal Masjid Maulana Abdul Aziz in the Rangers murder case.

Aziz was indicted along with 21 others, including his wife Umme Hassan and his daughter Tayyaba, in a case involving the murder of a Rangers official during the 2007 Lal Masjid operation.

The case, which was heard in court number of the anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, has been adjourned until May 3.

An armed operation was launched on the Lal Masjid in Islamabad on the morning of July 3 and it went on until July 11.

The Lal Masjid was headed by Aziz and his brother Abdul Rashid Ghazi.

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