11 missing persons are in Intel agencies custody, SC told
Pakistan
11 missing persons are in Intel agencies custody, SC told
In a quite surprising development, the counsel of the intelligence agencies told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the 11 people, who got disappeared from Adiala Jail, are in the custody of intelligence agencies for the sake of grilling. The confirmation came during the course of hearing of a case related to the 11 persons accused of terrorist activities and who went missing after High Courts acquittal verdict from Adiala Jail premises. A three- member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalil ur Rehman Ramday resumed hearing. The counsel for intelligence agencies said the men had been detained under the Army Act and investigations were underway. The counsel claimed that the men were suspected of involvement in various terrorist acts committed in the past including the suicide attack which claimed the life of the Surgeon General of Pakistan Army Lt General Mushtaq and the attack on Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.The 11 missing persons include Dr Niaz Ahmed, Mazharul Haq, Shafiqur Rehman, Mohammad Aamir, Syed Abdul Majid, Abdul Basit, Syed Abdul Saboor, Shafique Ahmed, Saeed Arab, Gul Roze and Tehseenullah and went missing from Adiala jail on May 28 this year after they were released.The men were acquitted in four terrorism cases by a trial court, including charges under the Explosive Substance Act in April this year. They were arrested for rocket attack on Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra, firing anti-aircraft missile on a plane carrying former president Pervez Musharraf, and carrying out suicide attacks on the bus of an intelligence agency in Rawalpindi and at the main entrance of General Headquarters.The relatives of the 11 missing men claim that they were picked up from the premises of the Adiala Jail by intelligence agencies, but the intelligence agencies had been denying the accusation until now.
