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Pakistani held in Bangkok for Karachi fire that killed 259
Arson suspect held
Bangkok Police on Saturday arrested Abdul Rehman, alias Bhola, the alleged frontman in the 2012 arson attack at Baldia Factory, Thai daily the Bangkok Post reported.
Commandos arrest Pakistani arson suspect Abdul Rehman on Nana Road in Bangkok on Friday evening. (Photo by Wassayos Ngamkham)
Police arrested a 46-year-old Pakistani man in Bangkok on Friday evening for alleged involvement in the world's sixth deadliest arson that killed 259 people in Pakistan in 2012.
Abdul Rehman was arrested in Room 405 of the Royal Garden Home hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 3 (Nana) following a raid by commandos from the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) and Interpol officers.
Police found the man alone in the room and did not see anything illegal there. They collected clothes, documents and cigarette butts for further examination.
Acting CSD commander Suthin Sapphuang, who led the raid, said the arrest was connected to a fire at the Ali Enterprises textile factory in Karachi on Sept 11, 2012, when 259 people were killed and 50 others were seriously injured.
Pakistani authorities concluded the attack was arson and linked it to the suspect. An anti-terrorism court in Karachi issued a warrant for Mr Rehman's arrest on Sept 16 this year, and Pakistani authorities later learned that he had fled to Thailand, Pol Maj Suthin said.
Pol Lt Col Chai Sa-nguansin, a deputy superintendent of Interpol, said the suspect was alleged to be a member of a large criminal organisation in Pakistan, which extorted money from local businesses.
Before the fire, it is alleged, the group had demanded the equivalent of 7 million baht from the owner of the textile factory. When the owner refused, the factory was torched. It was the sixth worst arson in history, Pol Lt Col Chai said.
The German clothing retailer KiK, the main customer of the plant, paid US$1 million in compensation immediately after the fire to help victims and their families. In September this year, it agreed to pay an additional $5.15 million in an agreement negotiated under the auspices of the International Labour Organization
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crime/1150252/pakistani-held-in-2012-arson-case
http://www.dawn.com/news/1300239/baldia-factory-fire-wanted-frontman-arrested-in-bangkok
Police had filed the supplementary charge sheet in August under the anti-terrorism law following a lengthy reinvestigation of the case.
According to the supplementary report, former chief of the MQM Karachi Tanzeemi Committee Hammad Siddiqui, his alleged front man and then Baldia Town sector in-charge Abdul Rehman, alias Bhola, and three to four unknown men were named as absconders in the case while around a dozen others were left out for lack of evidence and the owners of the ill-fated industrial unit were listed among the prosecution witnesses.
Initially, the police had charge-sheeted the owners and some employees of the factory in the tragic incident. However, the reinvestigation of the case was ordered in March last year through a joint investigation team after a JIT report submitted in the Sindh High Court in February 2015 revealed that the factory was set on fire after its owners failed to pay protection money.
The JIT had named Hammad, Abdul Rehman, Zubair, Ali Hasan, Umar Hasan, Abdul Sattar, Iqbal Adeeb Khanum and four unidentified persons as proposed accused in the report. However, police contended that incriminating evidence was available only against the two proposed accused.
Arson suspect held
- 2 Dec 2016 at 20:48 15,367 viewedWASSAYOS NGAMKHAM
Bangkok Police on Saturday arrested Abdul Rehman, alias Bhola, the alleged frontman in the 2012 arson attack at Baldia Factory, Thai daily the Bangkok Post reported.
Commandos arrest Pakistani arson suspect Abdul Rehman on Nana Road in Bangkok on Friday evening. (Photo by Wassayos Ngamkham)
Police arrested a 46-year-old Pakistani man in Bangkok on Friday evening for alleged involvement in the world's sixth deadliest arson that killed 259 people in Pakistan in 2012.
Abdul Rehman was arrested in Room 405 of the Royal Garden Home hotel on Sukhumvit Soi 3 (Nana) following a raid by commandos from the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) and Interpol officers.
Police found the man alone in the room and did not see anything illegal there. They collected clothes, documents and cigarette butts for further examination.
Acting CSD commander Suthin Sapphuang, who led the raid, said the arrest was connected to a fire at the Ali Enterprises textile factory in Karachi on Sept 11, 2012, when 259 people were killed and 50 others were seriously injured.
Pakistani authorities concluded the attack was arson and linked it to the suspect. An anti-terrorism court in Karachi issued a warrant for Mr Rehman's arrest on Sept 16 this year, and Pakistani authorities later learned that he had fled to Thailand, Pol Maj Suthin said.
Pol Lt Col Chai Sa-nguansin, a deputy superintendent of Interpol, said the suspect was alleged to be a member of a large criminal organisation in Pakistan, which extorted money from local businesses.
Before the fire, it is alleged, the group had demanded the equivalent of 7 million baht from the owner of the textile factory. When the owner refused, the factory was torched. It was the sixth worst arson in history, Pol Lt Col Chai said.
The German clothing retailer KiK, the main customer of the plant, paid US$1 million in compensation immediately after the fire to help victims and their families. In September this year, it agreed to pay an additional $5.15 million in an agreement negotiated under the auspices of the International Labour Organization
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crime/1150252/pakistani-held-in-2012-arson-case
http://www.dawn.com/news/1300239/baldia-factory-fire-wanted-frontman-arrested-in-bangkok
Police had filed the supplementary charge sheet in August under the anti-terrorism law following a lengthy reinvestigation of the case.
According to the supplementary report, former chief of the MQM Karachi Tanzeemi Committee Hammad Siddiqui, his alleged front man and then Baldia Town sector in-charge Abdul Rehman, alias Bhola, and three to four unknown men were named as absconders in the case while around a dozen others were left out for lack of evidence and the owners of the ill-fated industrial unit were listed among the prosecution witnesses.
Initially, the police had charge-sheeted the owners and some employees of the factory in the tragic incident. However, the reinvestigation of the case was ordered in March last year through a joint investigation team after a JIT report submitted in the Sindh High Court in February 2015 revealed that the factory was set on fire after its owners failed to pay protection money.
The JIT had named Hammad, Abdul Rehman, Zubair, Ali Hasan, Umar Hasan, Abdul Sattar, Iqbal Adeeb Khanum and four unidentified persons as proposed accused in the report. However, police contended that incriminating evidence was available only against the two proposed accused.
