Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Court has recently acquitted 4 men who were accused of having links with banned separatist outfits pertaining to possession of explosive material for want of evidence.
The 4 accused were identified as Mir Ali Shah, Muhammad Iqbal, Nasrullah and Muhammad. They got arrested and booked by the Counter-Terrorism Department on charges of possessing explosives in October last year.
Moreover, the CTD claimed that the accused were involved in supplying the explosive material to an alliance of the Baloch separatist organisation, Baloch Raaji Ajoi Sangar.
According to the sources, the ATC XIV judge, who conducted the trial in the judicial complex inside the central prison, pronounced his order which was previously reserved after recording the evidence and final arguments from both the sides of defence and prosecution.
Further, the judge ruled that the prosecution failed to prove its cases against the accused persons and hence freed them of the charges.
He then ordered the jail authorities to release the accused if they were not required in any other case.
Earlier in October 2022, according to the prosecution the CTD arrested 4 men during an Intelligence-based operation in Moach Goth on Hub River Road.
It further claimed that explosives, detonators, and safety fuses were seized from their possession.
Furthermore, 4 separate cases were registered against them under Section 4/5 of the Explosive Substances Act 1908 read with Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act by the CTD.
However, the CTD claimed that the suspects arrived from Balochistan to deliver explosive material to the banned outfit terrorists. They further added that the seized explosives were supposed to be used in terror acts in the city.
