A suspect, who had allegedly made a hoax call claiming to have planted a bomb inside the Sindh High Court (SHC) building, was arrested from the outskirts of Karachi by Preedy police on Sunday. According to South District Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Javed Akbar Riaz, the suspect named Pir Bux was arrested from Sawan Goth in Gadap Town. The SSP told a leading English daily that the detained suspect was familiar with the SHC building as his elder brother had suffered imprisonment for two years over charges of murder. The police’s Madadgar-15 had received a call at around 2:50 pm on November 3 from a mobile phone about the presence of the bomb. The law enforcers rushed to the spot and declared the court as safe after a thorough search conducted by the Bomb Disposal Squad.

Source: Pakistan Today November 05, 2017 18:00 UTC