An under-custody terrorist on Thursday confessed to having collected zakat, fitra and charity from Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority for al Qaeda.
Arrested in a search operation within the Preedy Police Station jurisdiction some days ago, the suspect told his investigators that he along with his accomplices Zain Ansar and Anwar Kamil had planned to kidnap Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah’s son Asad Ali Shah.
He said that they had also stalked Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Waseem Akhtar on the orders of commander Kashif. The accused said that he had gone for combat training along with his brother Hasan to Waziristan.
Meanwhile, in his confession, Riasat Baloch, an alleged member of the Uzair Baloch gang Aman Committee, revealed that he had murdered several people, including policemen.
He said he would take tens of thousands of rupees as extortion from marble factories.
Baloch said he was involved with drug cartels, and his gang members would loot residents in the locality.
Another alleged criminal in custody arrested from Mehmoodabad, Ibrahim Malik confessed to having killed six policemen in Korangi. He confessed to killing a political party worker Kamran Shah in 2014 as too.
