KARACHI, July 22: The prosecution on Thursday closed its side in a killing case against 10 activists of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, which is being tried in Anti-Terrorism Court Karachi , headed by Judge Arshad Noor Khan, after deposition by the last prosecution witness.
Mansoor Ali Babar, Umer Hayat, Karimullah, Ahmed Zahoor, Hafiz Ahmed Bux, Syed Asif Ali, Mohammad Fazil, Khawaja Saleemuddin, Atiqur Rehman and Ishtiaq Ali are charged with killing three persons and injuring seven others by firing on Feb 4, 1995, in Gulberg area Karachi.
Police Inspector Fayaz Khan deposed in place of investigation officer Fakhr-i-Alam.
The court, after statement by the police inspector, adjourned the matter till July 23, for recording statements of the accused.
Special Public Prosecutor Naimat Ali Randhawa appeared for the state while S M Iqbal, M R Syed, advocates, are representing the defence side.
BLAST CASE: An Anti-Terrorism Court Karachi on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a case against nine activists of banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami for their alleged involvement in the Macedonian consulate bomb blast and killing case after deposition by prosecution witnesses.
Syed Sohtail Akhtar alias Mustafa, Zafar Iqbal alias Sohail, Naeem Rafi alias Nimi, Mohammad Atif alias Kamran, Mohammad Khalid, Mahmoodullah, Abdul Razzaq alias Bhaiya, Samirullah alias Somi and Syed Ahmar Kazmi are being tried in ATC-V, headed by Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch.
Two police personnel ASI Qurban Ali and Inspector Malik Raees recorded their statements before the court.
ASI Qurban Ali stated that he received an information at 12:40am on Dec 5, 2002, about an explosion. He reached the spot, shifted bodies to the JPMC after completing the procedure of 174 Cr.PC.
Later, he stated that he handed the body of Hameed Masih to their relatives while the remaining two bodies were sent to the Edhi mortuary.
Police Inspector Malik Raees stated after getting information about accused that he went to Garden police station on April 6, and formally arrested the accused who admitted that they were involved in the said case.
The accused were arrested in March following raids conducted by the police in Gulistan-i-Jauhar and Clifton areas. During interrogation, they told the police that they were involved in the said case as they intended to take revenge with the Macedonian government over the killing of eight Pakistanis who were killed at Macedonian border in March 2002 on suspicion of being Al-Qaeda members.
The trial, which is being conducted inside central jail Karachi, has been fixed for July 24 when more witnesses would depose.
M R Syed and Nadeem Shahzad, advocates, are representing the accused while Special Public Prosecutor Mazhar Qayyum is representing the state.-PPI