NEWS:
Dawn - Sep 18, 2021
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi - The board also approved conversion of inquiry into investigation against accused Hafeez ur Rehman Butt, owner M/s Orient Housing Services Builders and Developers of Billy’s Green Wood Residency, Superhighway, Babar Chugtai and others. The spokesperson said the accused were involved in cheating public at large.
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NEWS:
Law enforcement agencies have reportedly arrested former chairman of the Association of Builders and Developers (Abad), Babar Mirza Chughtai. Chughtai, said to have close links with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), was reportedly taken into custody in a raid at his residence in East district of the city in the wee hours of Thursday. Neither police nor Rangers officially owned his arrest, however, an office bearer at Abad, Asif Sumsum, confirmed to The Express Tribune that “he has been arrested but we don’t know on what charges.” It is the second time that Chughtai has been detained. In April 2015, he was grilled by the Rangers for 90 days on allegations of land grabbing and running a crime syndicate. However, he was released by the paramilitary force a week later for lack of evidence. The recent arrest has reportedly been made in connection with reported revelations of alleged MQM militant commander Ahmed Saeed alias Bharam, whose arrest was recently disclosed by the Rangers. Saeed is said to be the ring leader of an alleged militant wing of the party.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 25th, 2016
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It is the second time that Chughtai has been detained
Our Correspondent March 24, 2016
KARACHI: The director of the defunct Karachi Development Authority (KDA) and the former chief of the Association of Builders and Developers (Abad) were released on Tuesday by Rangers as no proof was found about their involvement in alleged criminal activities ranging from land grabbing to financing of targeted killers during an initial investigation, it emerged on Tuesday.
Last week the Rangers had informed an antiterrorism court about the 90-day preventive detention of KDA director Najam-uz-Zaman and former Abad chief Babar Mirza Chughtai for questioning.
Read: Ex-Abad chief detained for 90 days, Rangers tell ATC
“Both have been released as no sufficient evidence emerged about their involvement in criminal activities during the preliminary investigation carried out by the paramilitary force,” a source in the Rangers told Dawn on the condition of anonymity.
In 2013 an amendment was made in the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, under which a sector commander of the paramilitary force has the discretionary powers to release any suspect against whom no tangible evidence has been found about his alleged involvement in criminal activities.
“It has been left to the discretion of the paramilitary force officer under the relevant laws to release the suspect on bond or without bond. Moreover, there was no need to inform the court concerned,” added the source.
However, the source said, both suspects had been put under Fourth Schedule of the ATA placing certain restrictions on their movements. In other words, they would be monitored by the law enforcers and be obliged to inform their police stations concerned about their activities and whereabouts, added the source.
The Rangers on April 16 had informed the ATC about the 90-day preventive detention of the chief of the KDA land department.
The paramilitary force along with their prosecutors had produced the KDA official in the chamber of the in-charge judge of ATC-II Anandram Sairani along with copies of detention orders and jail warrants. The paramilitary officials had contended that they had credible information about the involvement of the detainee in targeted killing, kidnapping and extortion punishable under the ATA.
Therefore, they said the suspect was placed under preventive detention for three months under Section 11 EEEE (1) of ATA and their production along with relevant documents was made in compliance with Section 11 EEEE (3) of ATA for the information and record of the court.
Ex-Abad chief
Three days prior to the detention of the KDA official, former chief of Abad Babar Mirza Chughtai, a businessmen and builder, was also held on charges of land grabbing and financing alleged targeted killers.
The paramilitary force had along with their counsel produced the ex-chairman of Abad along with a detention order and jail warrant in the chamber of the in-charge judge of ATC-II Anandram Sairani.Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2015
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NEWS: KARACHI:
Rangers on Tuesday informed an antiterrorism court about the preventive detention of a former chief of the Association of Builders and Developers (Abad) for 90 days for questioning.
Rangers soldiers along with their counsel produced the ex-Abad chairman, Babar Mirza Chughtai, and submitted a detention order and jail warrant in the chamber of Judge Bashir Ahmed Khoso of the ATC-I.
Set up in 1972, Abad has over 700 members across the country, ranging from low-level developers and engineers to billionaire builders who have key stakes mainly in Karachi and some even in the Middle East. Mr Chughtai remained Abad chairman from 2003 to 2004, then in 2007-08 and finally in 2010 to 2011.
The Rangers submitted that the suspect was picked up on Monday within the jurisdiction of the Sharea Faisal police station upon receiving credible information with regard to his alleged involvement in targeted killing, kidnapping and extortion cases, the offences punishable under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.
The court was told that he was placed under preventive detention for three months under Section 11EEEE (1) of the ATA for further questioning and he was being shifted at a special detention centre set up at the Karachi central prison.
In compliance with Section 11 EEEE (3), the suspect was produced along with relevant documents in court for its information, they added.
Published in Dawn, April 15th, 2015
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