The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) said on Saturday that the Baldia Town factory fire was planned terrorists activity.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) members Hammad Siddiqui, Farooq Saleem and six others were alleged suspects behind the country’s deadliest fire, according to a report submitted by police officials before the trial court.
Baldia factory fire was planned by extortionists, says JIT report
Over 250 workers burned to death inside the locked premises of Ali Enterprises in Baldia on September 11, 2012.
Superintendent of police (SP) Sajid Amir Sudozai, who is the in-charge of the joint investigation team formed in March last year, informed the session judge Maqbool Memon, that authorities concerned are still waiting for a response from the home department.
“The case may, with the consent of authorities, be re-registered under the anti-terrorism law since the elements of extortion and arson have been revealed during the course of inquiry,” the investigation officer (IO) argued.
The court was further told that MQM’s former Karachi Tanzeemi Committee in-charge, Hammad Siddiqui has allegedly demanded Rs200 million from factory owners as protection money.
The judge adjourned the hearing on March 22 directing the IO to submit a concrete reply regarding the fate of the case by the next hearing.
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