A district and sessions court in Karachi on Thursday granted bail to Former Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Faisal Raza Abidi against a surety bond of Rs50,000, court officials said. He was released from custody and cleared of charges.
A case was registered against Abidi on Sunday by police on charges of carrying a SMG (sub-machine gun) without a licence. Abidi was sent to prison on judicial remand until Nov 19.
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.
