A local court Sunday (today) sent Ex- senator Faisal Raza Abdi to jail on a judicial remand till November 19.
The detainee was presented before the judicial magistrate in Malir in connection with Patel Para killings.
A case was also registered against Abidi at Sachal police station for ‘illegal possession’ of weapons on Sunday. According to investigative officials, five different kinds of illegally possessed weapons were recovered from his residence in Karachi.
Earlier, Law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) officials detained former Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Faisal Raza Abidi in Karachi late on Friday.
According to police, Abidi had been arrested on charges of a firing incident in Patel Para are in which two people were killed.
Abidi was taken into custody after police and Rangers personnel searched his house in the city’s New Rizvia Society for about half an hour, sources said. LEAs arrived at the former Senator’s residence in at least 10 vehicles, they said.
Law enforcement agencies have claimed that truckload arms were recovered from former Senator Faisal Raza Abidi’s house.
Some of his supporters claimed that Abidi held licenses of the recovered weapons, adding that the licenses were being deliberately concealed by the agencies.
The development comes hours after five members of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), including two prayer leaders, were shot and killed in three separate shooting incidents in Karachi on Friday.
Once a close confidant of former President Asif Ali Zardari, Abidi resigned from Senate and as PPP’s Karachi president in 2012 and 2013 respectively, after developing differences with the party leadership.
Abidi was accused of violating party discipline and repeatedly issuing statements in favour of the martial law.
Abidi, known for his firebrand speeches for his former party, Pakistan Peoples` Party (PPP), resigned from the Senate in 2014.
