KARACHI:
Following yesterday’s raid at MQM headquarters at Nine Zero, 27 party workers have been presented before Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Thursday.
They will be in custody of the Rangers for 90 days.
A day earlier,a huge quantity of arms and ammunition, walkie talkies, binoculars and other military gear used by Nato forces in Afghanistan were also seized during the raid.
Rangers spokesman Colonel Tahir said that among the people arrested during the raid was Faisal alias Faisal Moto, who was sentenced to death in the murder case of Geo News journalist Wali Khan Babar.
Other ‘hardened criminals’ arrested during the raid included Kamran alias Zeeshan, Farhan Shabir alias Mullah, Aamir, Nadir and Obaid alias K2.
An MQM activist Waqas Ali Shah, 26, was killed mysteriously when a single bullet hit his face, while a private TV channel’s cameraman was injured due to firing.