Uzair Baloch taken into military custody: ISPR
The Pakistan Army early Wednesday morning said it had taken Uzair Baloch, a notorious leader of the Lyari gang war, into custody in accordance with the Pakistan Army Act.
On charges of espionage (leakage of sensitive security information to foreign intelligence agencies). (2 of 2)
Uzair was arrested by Rangers personnel outside Karachi last year in January in what the paramilitary force said was a raid.
The court had then handed him over to the police on remand. A joint investigation team (JIT) formed to probe the case in May 2016 said Uzair had allegedly worked for an Iranian intelligence agency, and had recommended that the head of the outlawed Peoples Amn Committee be tried by a military court for ‘espionage’.
The JIT report, signed by representatives of the Sindh police, Rangers and intelligence agencies, was sent to the home department on April 29 last year for “perusal and necessary action”.
According to the JIT report, a copy of which is available with Dawn, Uzair was involved in “espionage activities by providing secret information regarding army installations and officials to foreign agents (Iranian intelligence officers) which is a violation of the Official Secrets Act 1923”.
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