KARACHI: Police has informed the administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts on Tuesday that two suspected terrorists have confessed to killing famed qawwal Amjad Sabri, civilians and personnel of law enforcement agencies. Muhammad Asim alias Capri and Ishaq alias Bobby said to be associated with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have been behind bars on charges of killing Amjad Sabri, seven cops, two traffic constables, and three civilians, including two doctors on sectarian grounds.
Police submitted charge-sheets against the suspects in as many as 17 murder cases to the administrative judge. While accepting the charge sheets, the judge transferred the cases to anti-terrorism courts for trial. The police said that the witnesses have identified the suspects involved in killing Sabri. Moreover, forensic science lab analysis has established that the spent bullets were fired from the weapons recovered from the possession of suspects.
The police informed the judge that the suspects have also admitted to killing soldier Lance Naik Arshad Mehmood and Hawaldar Rashid on 01 December 2015 around the Preedy police station. According to the challan, Capri and Bobby had gunned down four Rangers personnel in Karachi’s Ittehad Town area on November, 20, last year. Those killed were Akhtar Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Shahadat Khan and Ishtiaq. The suspects were also involved in the killings of head constable Noor Hussain and Yasir Ali.
The police said two LJ men had also killed two doctors, Dr Syed Anwar Ali Abidi and Dr Syed Qasim Abbas on sectarian ground in the limits of Paposh Nagar and Yousuf Plaza police stations respectively. Capri and Bobby were also involved in carrying out grenade attack on Imam Bargah in Sharifabad in October this year that claimed life of one child and injured 30 others.
They had also killed civilians, including Shahid Hussain and Sajjad Ali in Taimooria, Aftab Ahmed in Orangi Town, Syed Qasim in Yousuf Plaza, and Syed Ali Haider Zaidi in Mominabad area.
