MQM alleged target killer Raees Mama handed over to police on 20-day remand

March 27, 2018

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180327-63 — KARACHI, PAKISTAN, MAR 27: Police officials escorting arrested Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) former Korangi Sector Incharge Raees Mama leaving after presenting him before the administrative judge of ATC, at the Sindh High Court on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.The suspect, a former sector in-charge of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Korangi, was wanted for in multiple murders, extortion, and China cutting. Raees is also the primary accused in the Chakra Goth attack on a police van that left three police personnel dead and 27 injured. (S.Imran Ali/PPI Images).

KARACHI: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) allegedly notorious target killer Raees Mama was handed over to the police on a 20-day remand by the local court here on Tuesday.

Earlier, Mama was deported from Malaysia to Karachi on Monday (yesterday) following his arrest through Interpol in Malaysia.

Korangi police took Raees Mama into custody after his arrival at the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport. Raees was arrested by the Interpol in Malaysia in December last year after his red warrant was issued.

Raees Mama is considered to be the prime suspect behind Chakra Goth attack in which several policemen were martyred in firing on a police van. He is also considered involved in May 12 tragedy.

Raees Mama was the sector in charge of MQM in Korangi and is said to be the front man of MQM-London Rabita Committee in charge Hammad Siddiqui who is accused in the 2012 Baldia Town factory fire case. Mama fled the country after Karachi operation.