KARACHI, Aug 21: The final chargesheet in the case of a young man allegedly killed by a gang of kidnappers was submitted on Saturday in an anti-terrorism court.
Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the ATC-3 fixed Aug 30 for a formal hearing of the case against accused Sheeraz and issued notices to prosecution and defence attorneys.
Victim Raghib Hussain, 20, was kidnapped around 11:30am on April 1 and he was found unconscious near Singapore Towers in Sharea Faisal police area in the evening.
According to the charge-sheet, the victim was first taken to Jinnah Hospital and was then shifted to Liaquat National Hospital. On April 2, he told his mother that he was kidnapped by his friend, Sheeraz, 22, who posed him as a girl on the internet.
The victim told the family that on March 31 imposter asked him for a meeting. He stated that he reached the Rado Centre in Gulistan-i-Jauhar in his Suzuki FX car. He said that Sheeraz, along with a girl, got into his car and they kidnapped him at gunpoint.
The victim said the couple took him to a bungalow in Gulistan-i-Jauhar where accused Khurrum, Asif and Ather were already present. He stated that accused Asif injected a syringe in his chest as the other accused caught hold of him.
He said that after a little while Asif injected another syringe in his chest and he fell unconscious.
The victim's mother told the police that her brother had seen her son going with a man and a woman in his car. She said around 1:30 pm, the kidnappers phoned her and demanded Rs1 million for the release of her son.
She said that around 8:30am the kidnappers again phoned her to tell her that her son had been lying near Singapore Towers.
According to the charge-sheet, the victim died at the hospital on April 16 and his mother informed the Gulistan-i- Jauhar police about the incident.
She stated that SI Umeed Ali Meerani had visited her and taken her statement. However, later she learnt that the SI had been killed in an attack on the police station. Afterwards, she came to know that the case was to be registered by the Sharea Faisal police.
The investigation of the case was assigned to SI Aslam Jat, who inspected the bungalow and seized two disposable used syringes.
The IO also recorded the statement of the owner of the bungalow, who had rented it out to accused Sheeraz, a resident of the Defence Housing Authority.
Later on July 26, SI Adnan arrested accused Khurrum and Ather. Three other accused are still absconding and the court has issued non-bailable warrants for their arrest.
GRENADE ATTACK CASE: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Saturday adjourned the hearing of trial against Mohammad Naeem Rafi, an activist of banned Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami, in a grenade attack case on non-appearance of state counsel, adds PPI.
Harkat activist is charged with hurling a grenade on Preedy PS on March 31, 1998. Three persons were injured in this attack.
ATC Judge Feroz Mehmood Bhatti, who is conducting trial in central jail Karachi fixed the matter for Aug 26.