An anti -terrorism court (ATC) in Quetta on Friday refused to extend the physical return of the Baloch Jakjehti (Byc) committee, Dr. Mahrang Baloch and other organizers, according to the group’s lawyer.
Lawyer Israr Jatak, a member of the Byc legal team, said Dawn.com“Quetta ATC-1 refused to extend the physical remission of five defendants, namely, Mahrang, Bebow Baloch, Sibghatullah Shahji, drinking Baloch and Gulzadi and ordered that they send it to jail for judicial row.”
At a hearing chaired by Judge Muhammad Ali Mubeen, the Department of Terrorism (CTD) produced Mahrang and others in the Court today after the completion of its 15 -day physical prison granted on September 11.
The lawyer Shoaib Mengal, along with lawyer Jatak, appeared in court on behalf of the accused.
The CTD asked the court to an extension to the physical return of the accused, but Judge Moveen refused, asking the defendant to be handed over to the prison cation.
On September 11, a Quetta ATC judge extended the physical return of Dr. Mahrang and other group organizers at the request of the Police.
The Byc is a Baloch defense group that works against forced disappearances since 2018. Mahrang, along with other byc members, was arrested on March 22 for accusations of “attacking” the Civil Hospital Quetta and “incite people to violence.” The arrests were made a day after the group faced a police repression while protested against alleged forced disappearances.
It was arrested under section 3 of the maintenance of public order (MPO), a law that allows authorities to arrest and detain people suspected of representing a threat to public order, for a period of 30 days (first term). Subsequently, his detention was extended for additional 30 days (second term) through a decision of the Baluchistan Interior Department in April.
After Byc leaders completed three months in June, the provincial government issued a fourth extension order, extending its imprisonment in another 15 days.
After their detention under the MPO, the cases were also registered against Mahrang and other byc leaders in different sections of the Anti -Terrorism Law and the Pakistan Criminal Code.
