KARACHI: Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge South has acquitted kingpin of the infamous Lyari gang war, Uzair Baloch, in Baghdadi police station attack case over lack of evidence.
During the hearing, the police apprised the court that the police station was attacked on the behest of Uzair Baloch in 2012. In this regard, the court asked, “Was any of the residents made a witness in the case by the police? and the police replied, “No one was made a witness in the case.”
Later, the court acquitted Uzair Baloch in the case. Uzair was booked in Baghdadi PS attack case in 2012. The gang war leader is facing more than 52 cases and so far acquitted in 10 cases by the court.
He has been accused of committing 198 murders during the Lyari gang war. Baloch had been arrested by the Rangers on January 30, 2016. In April 2017, his custody was handed over to the Pakistan Army after he was accused of espionage.
