An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday sent Lyari gang war leader Uzair Baloch on 14-day remand to police custody in an illicit weapons case.
An administrative judge of the ATC sent Baloch into police custody, a day before his 90-day preventive custody at sub-jails operated by the Rangers was supposed to end.
The case was recently registered against Baloch at Nabi Baksh police station as law enforcement officers recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition on his lead. Baloch was said to be nabbed from the city’s outskirts on January 30 while attempting to enter the city. The gang war leader is a proclaimed offender in about 50 cases including, murder, kidnapping and extortion among others.
Later, the gang war leader was presented before the ATC as well. A joint interrogation team was also formed to investigate him, and it was said the high-profile criminal revealed names of several key figures of the Pakistan People’s Party during the probe.
