A suspect, who had allegedly made a hoax call claiming to have planted a bomb inside the Sindh High Court (SHC) building, was arrested from the outskirts of Karachi by Preedy police on Sunday.
As per the initial investigations, it has been found out that the suspect had made the call simply as a ‘joke’, without an idea that he would be caught and arrested by police for his act.
According to South District Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Javed Akbar Riaz, the suspect named Pir Bux was arrested from Sawan Goth in Gadap Town.
The SSP told a leading English daily that the detained suspect was familiar with the SHC building as his elder brother had suffered imprisonment for two years over charges of murder. “He might have faced an adverse attitude at the court,” opined Javed Akbar Riaz, adding that so far the detained suspect’s affiliation with any group has not been found.
The police’s Madadgar-15 had received a call at around 2:50 pm on November 3 from a mobile phone about the presence of the bomb. The law enforcers rushed to the spot and declared the court as safe after a thorough search conducted by the Bomb Disposal Squad.
Subsequently, Preedy police registered FIR (527/2017) against the unknown caller under Section 25-D of the Telegraph Act and 7-ATA (Anti-Terrorism Act).