Army takes Uzair Baloch into custody on espionage charges
DG ISPR says Uzair Baloch was taken into custody under Pakistan Army Act/Official Secret Act - 1923
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Pakistan Army has taken Uzair Baloch, notorious Lyari gangster and chief of the proscribed People’s Amn Committee (PAC), into custody on charges of espionage, Inter-Services Public Relations said late Tuesday.
Director General (DG) of the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor, in his tweet said, “Uzair Baloch has been taken into military custody under Pakistan Army Act/Official Secret Act – 1923.”
DG ISPR further said that Uzair has been taken into custody on charges of espionage, for leaking sensitive security information to foreign intelligence agencies.
Uzair Baloch taken into military custody under Pakistan Army Act / Official Secret Act - 1923. (1 of 2)
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) April 11, 2017
On charges of espionage (leakage of sensitive security information to foreign intelligence agencies). (2 of 2)
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) April 11, 2017
Uzair Baloch was arrested by Rangers on January 30, 2016. He was wanted in more than 100 cases which also included murder and attempted murder cases. He was also wanted in the murder case of his rival gangster Arshad Papu.
Baloch remained in Rangers custody for 90 days after the arrest and then he was handed over to police.
