A Joint Interrogation Team (JIT) will be formed to investigate renowned Qawwal Amjad Sabri’s murder case.
Accused Asim alias Capri and Ishaq alias Bobby were detained by Counter Terrorism Department officials on Monday.
The accused were presented in an anti-terrorism court on Tuesday.
Speaking to media, Sindh Police IG A D Khawaja said that they were writing a letter to the home ministry asking them to form a JIT.
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah announced in a press conference on Monday that two criminals Ishaq alias Bobby and Asim alias Capri involved in Amjad Sabri’s murder had been arrested from the Liaqatabad area of Karachi. A large cache of weapons was also recovered from their possession.
In June, Amjad Sabri was gunned down by a motorcyclist near his Liaqatabad residence. He was on his way to a television studio to attend a Ramzan transmission when the incident took place.
The criminals were arrested by CTD in-charge Raja Umer Khattab and are involved in nine high-profile cases. Among the high-profile cases the two are accused in, include the October 30 attack on a Majlis in Nazimabad, attack on two Army personnel in Saddar parking plaza
Other cases the accused are involved in are 21 May 2016 attack on police constables in Aisah Manzil, 20 April 2016 attack in which seven policemen were martyred, 1 December 2015 attack in which two traffic policemen were killed, 20 November 2015 attack on Rangers in which four personnel were killed and 29 August 2015 attack in which Amir Haider Advocate Supreme Court was killed.
Weapons recovered from their possession included three SMGs, 27 pistols and an MP5 snatched from the police.
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah told journalists that the two suspects belonged to outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Naeem Bukhari group.
Asim alias Capri was arrested in 2013
Asim alias Capri, the criminal mentioned by the chief minister was also arrested in July 2013.
Chaudhry Aslam said he had arrested Asim alias Capri in the murder case of MPA Sajid Qureshi.
According to police, in 2015 Asim was released on bail and started criminal activity.
