KARACHI: Clifton police on Thursday registered an FIR of a grenade attack on a multistorey building near Bin Qasim Park in Clifton and initiated an investigation.
The police have registered the case under relevant sections of anti-terror law on a complaint lodged by security in-charge of Bahria Icon Tower.
According to the FIR, two suspects riding a motorbike threw a hand grenade and fled, which exploded, causing injuries to one guard. A senior officer said they had launched an investigation into it covering all possible angles.
The officer revealed that the Bahria Town management had informed the investigators that they had not received any extortion demand from anyone.
The police believed that the real target in the attack was the building as the hand grenade was thrown outside its gate. CCTV footage obtained by the investigators showed that both the suspects wore shirt and trousers and masks.
Counter-Terrorism Department DIG Omar Shahid Hamid on Wednesday assessed that the banned Sindh Revolutionary Army (SRA) might be involved in the attack as the modus operandi in this case matched the attacks carried out by the outfit in past.
SIRA leaders reject police stance
Sindh Indigenous Rights Alliance (SIRA) leaders Yusuf Masti Khan, Abdul Khaliq Junejo, Syed Khuda Dino Shah and Gul Hasan Kalmati in a joint statement have rejected the police’s stance linking struggle of the people of Malir against Bahria Town Karachi with the grenade attack on Icon Tower in Clifton.
They pointed out that for the past six years, SIRA had launched a peaceful struggle against BTK’s “illegal occupation” of lands in Malir district.
During this period, SIRA has held protests against demolition of villages in different parts of the metropolis and all the protests remained completely peaceful.
The leaders said the struggle of people of Malir was peaceful and violent actions had never been linked with it. “Police are trying to hide their inefficiency by blaming our movement,” said the SIRA leaders.
Published in Dawn, June 4th, 2021