Uzair Baloch, chief of the defunct Peoples Amn Committee, was exonerated of the charges of attacking policemen in the violence-torn Lyari neighbourhood during a crackdown against gangsters in 2012. Dawn/File
KARACHI: A sessions’ court has acquitted alleged Lyari gang warfare kingpin Uzair Baloch in two more cases for “lack of evidence” against him.
Baloch, chief of the defunct Peoples Amn Committee, was exonerated of the charges of attacking policemen in the violence-torn Lyari neighbourhood during a crackdown against gangsters in 2012.
Additional District and Sessions’ Judge (South) Faraz Ahmed Chandio recently pronounced his verdict.
Police had nominated Habib Jan Baloch, Wasiullah Lakho, Umar Kachhi and Sharfuddin as suspects in the case and showed M. Kashif and Faisal Mehmood as absconders.
Uzair Jan Baloch. Hussain Afzal/File
KARACHI: A sessions court acquitted on Tuesday the chief of the banned Peoples Amn Committee, Uzair Jan Baloch, and another person in a murder case.
The alleged Lyari kingpin along with Taj Mohammad, alias Tajoo; Mohammad Yousuf Baloch; Zafar Baloch; Shahid Rehman; Noor Mohammad, alias Baba Ladla; Mohammad Shahid and Habib Jan Baloch was charged with kidnapping and murdering Noshad in 2012.
On Tuesday, the case came up before additional district and sessions judge (South) Faraz Ahmed Chandio when acquittal applications moved by two accused were taken up.
The judge acquitted two of the accused, including Uzair, of the charges due to lack of evidence against them.